Intelligence, cognitive style, and psychological comparison
Theoretical Physicist
Physicist
Playful genius who made complex physics accessible. High openness, high extraversion. Valued understanding over credentials. Famously skeptical of authority.
High openness with exceptional visual-spatial reasoning. A slow, deep thinker who solved problems through "thought experiments" rather than rote calculation.
Historical IQ estimates are approximations based on documented achievements, contemporary accounts, and cognitive analysis. They should be viewed as educated estimates rather than definitive measurements. Both Richard Feynman and Albert Einstein achieved remarkable things in their respective domains, and raw IQ alone doesn't capture the full picture of their intelligence and impact.
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