How can we measure the genius of Albert Einstein?

In many ways, the task is not possible. If we journey back through the centuries, passing such towering figures as James Clerk Maxwell, Ludwig Boltzmann, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Antoine Lavoisier, we must travel all the way to Isaac Newton before finding another human being of comparable scientific achievement. And before Newton, there might be none.

This article was originally published with the title Einstein and Newton: Genius Compared.

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1. 1. Eureka999 04:30 PM 12/8/10

   Before Newton there was Copernicus
   But you cannot really compare the two, Newton was as you say a breed apart.
   
   Having said that it is possible that Einstein was not absolutely correct with his general theory of relativity (GTR). That is because Einstein's GTR breaks down at the black hole singularity. Ironically what you have to do to fix that is to go back to something more akin to Newton. Then you can translate that force into a quantum format, which then dovetails in with the other forc
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