Top 5 Physicists of All Time

I think Hawkings got to make an appearence

Born should be on the list Einstein-Born Condesate anyone, and for being the Great Grandad of Olivia Newton John.

I thought it was "Planck".

1. Newton
2. Einstein (I think they should be tied though with Newton slightly slightly higher, reason being - Einstein probabily would have invented calculus if it weren't already around)
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AHAHAHA dispite me doing a degree in physics, I don't know any other physics people...

To quite a few people's surprise, Einstein was not good at maths - he in fact asked for help with it many times.

1. Newton
2. Einstein (I think they should be tied though with Newton slightly slightly higher, reason being - Einstein probabily would have invented calculus if it weren't already around)
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4.
5.
AHAHAHA dispite me doing a degree in physics, I don't know any other physics people...

I agree, Einstein wasn't actually great at maths. Sorry i don't have a link, but i'm sure if you google and research it you'll find it easily enough. Einstein's contribution was more so through his brilliant ideas than developing them mathematically (though he did that too albeit with some help). I would say Newton had a bigger impact though; the stuff he invented/discovered such as calculus and classical mechanics are pretty fundamental to physics.



I don't think Einstein would have invented calculus, like i said, he wasn't great at maths and he was a physicist anyway. But somebody probably would have if Newton hadn't.

I agree, Einstein wasn't actually great at maths. Sorry i don't have a link, but i'm sure if you google and research it you'll find it easily enough. Einstein's contribution was more so through his brilliant ideas than developing them mathematically (though he did that too albeit with some help). I would say Newton had a bigger impact though; the stuff he invented/discovered (especially calculus and classical mechanics) are pretty fundamental to physics.



I don't think Einstein would have invented calculus, like i said, he wasn't great at maths and he was a physicist anyway. But somebody probably would have if Newton hadn't.

surely Plank, isn't he like sand and gets everywhere.

Ooo, I meant, if Einstein and Newton were around the same time. What I meant was - Newton yes did the basics, but I think Physics was stuck in a rut around the ether till Einstein thought up the stuff. I was under the impression that Einstein wasn't good at maths, compared to say the other physics guys... but that still is amazingly good at maths! I mean, I can derive most of Newton's calculus, so surely he could as well. With his creative brain, I'm sure he would have come up with calculus eventually.

Ooo, I only know one thing about him.... planks length, smallest length possible or something..

You guys can probabily tell I should have probabily done a maths degree instead lolol.

Deriving it and thinking it up are two completely different things though . Newton pretty much invented physics as it stands today.

Also, Planck time is the smallest unit of time (and possibly length) but isn't the smallest possible

Deriving it and thinking it up are two completely different things though . Newton pretty much invented physics as it stands today.

Also, Planck time is the smallest unit of time (and possibly length) but isn't the smallest possible