Can his genius best be explained as fortunate timing and a somwhat unorthodox education? Was he merely applying a scientific approach, which emphasized the imagination, to a problem which was on the verge of being solved in any event? How outstanding were his mathematical and logical skills compared to many other eminent thinkers?
2007-06-28 17:49:21 · 8 answers · asked by marc 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
He was indeed brilliant. Just the fact that he did rely mostly on his imagination to form his basis for understanding complicated problems of math and physics is reason enough for me to feel this way.
2007-06-28 17:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Intellect is difficult to quantify at those levels.
I'd put him among the great minds of history. With Galileo, maybe Tesla, Confucius, Newton, Pythagoras.
I doubt it had much to do with the way he was educated, the scientific approach. He was a man capable of leaps of insight, followed by the discipline to sniff their trails and prove what could be proven.
2007-06-29 08:18:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jack P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is probably the only man in the history of the whole world that used his whole brain! I do not think they had a way to measure what his I.Q. was!
To make it even more astounding was the fact that he was dyslexic! But then most all of the great men in history were!
2007-07-04 22:51:28 · answer #3 · answered by jaded 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was smart enough to come up with the idea of cold fusion and then disprove it being possible. Even though he failed math as a child, he was one of the most deep thinkers ever. If you want to know of all his contributions to mankind go to this website. http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/
2007-07-05 23:14:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He once said . " I am interested in God's thoughts" Pretty deep thinking!
2007-06-29 01:08:04 · answer #5 · answered by ppzappia 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your question is very valuable.
i think he might brilliant in one aspects,but some other may not!
2007-06-29 00:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by Jack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who cares, i understand he treated women quite badly
2007-06-29 00:55:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
very but he did not like haircuts.
2007-07-05 12:38:02 · answer #8 · answered by tazzybeer06 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋