Albert Einstein: The all time most overrated genius.

[jigsaw]

*side note*
some of my best engineering ideas and concepts popped into my head between 5 and 7 minutes before and after having massive orgasms... so put that into perspective.

[Rule]

In 1905, Einstein published three articles.
One was his explanation for the photoelectric effect.
One was about special relativity.
And one more, that I forgot what it was about.

Yoni, I may agree that Einstein is too much of a scientific celebrity considering how unknown some other very good scientists are.  However, you are underestimating his contributions - Einstein's work has been far more groundbreaking than Euler's.  

I agree that Euler was VERY productive and published many papers.  The effect of these individual papers, however, does not even come close to equaling the effect of Einstein's publications.  

You are forgetting Einstein's most important and famous contribution to physics - the theory of General Relativity.

The field of physics was at a stand-still before Einstein's contributions (only a few strange phenomenon were left to be discovered).  Einstein's theories to explain those phenomenon opened up new branches of physics and put the then sacrosanct laws of Classical Physics into question.  

A number of people have the intuitive idea (some would argue misconception) that many respectable accomplishments are equal to or greater than a few extraordinary ones.  It is the extraordinary (and revolutionary) accomplishments that result in scientific celebrities.  

Certainly among educated people, Newton, Socrates and others who came up with similarily profound and creative ideas have equal or greater status than Einstein.  You could argue that Niels Bohr and others might be more of a celebrity like Einstein if they had the eccentric appearence that he possessed.  

Einstein has been chosen as a "poster-boy" for science, and because of this, is overrated (people respect him without knowing his accomplishments).

It is quite obvious that his accomplishments had a profound effect on science, (more so than Euler's).  That doesn't mean Einstein was "smarter," there are many other factors that help account for his celebrity over Euler: the time in which he lived, and that he wasn't a pure mathematician like Euler.

Regardless of his "poster-boy" status, it follows that Einstein is rightfully more of a scientific celebrity than Euler, based on the nature of his work.

[jigsaw]

Cuz stone cold said so!

[j0k3r]

*side note*
some of my best engineering ideas and concepts popped into my head between 5 and 7 minutes before and after having massive orgasms... so put that into perspective.

I read about that once, for about 10minutes after sex is when guys can think the most clearly.

On a side note, ew.

[muert0]

Sex makes you say ewww? Or Einstein makes you say ewww? I really hope it's Einstein...

[Soul Taker]

Sex makes you say ewww? Or Einstein makes you say ewww? I really hope it's Einstein...

I'm going to bet it's thinking about jigsaw having a "massive orgasm" that made him say ew.

[Newby]

Haha. Our Geometry teacher went over Euler a lot.

[K]

Haha. Our Geometry teacher went over Euler a lot.

My geometry teacher dressed up as the ghost of Euler for halloween.

This guy had more than one screw loose.

[Yoni]

Haha. Our Geometry teacher went over Euler a lot.

My geometry teacher dressed up as the ghost of Euler for halloween.

This guy had more than one screw loose.

Your teachers rock. If my HS level math teacher hadn't been God's personal math teacher (which he happened to be), I would have been jealous.