>Newton>Maxwell>Einsteinare there any other scientists who were great as these 3? and who was the greatest of them all? I can really see the argument for all 3. Newton because he essentially invents physics and didnt have a previous framework. formulating the classical laws of motions so elegantly with the very limited research he could do is insanely impressive. Maxwell for being the second great unifier and paving the way for Einstein, QM and the modern world in general. Einstein is probably the most creative of the three coming up with truly non-intuitive solutions to modern problems. Obviously theres many other greats but I dont think anyone else is in this tier.
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>>16895535They stand upon the shoulders of Euclid
Maxwell isn't top 3, all he has his name too is a single theory. Albeit a very important one. Also Faraday did most of the work for him.Gauss, Bohr, Dirac easily rate higher than him.
Einstein and Newton are easily the top 2, no debate, though you can put either one of them in the top spot and Id say its justified. For me its pretty much dead even. Maxwell is definitely a tier below, he revolutionized only one area of physics after most of the leg work was already done, where as Newton and Einstein were entire paradigm shifts on how we view reality. for me its:>1a: Newton>1b: Einstein>3: Galileo>4: Dirac>5: Maxwell>6: Shrodinger>7: Faraday>8: Bohr>9: Tesla>10: Heisenberg>HMs: Feynman, Planck, Keplerbut really after the top 2 youre splitting hairs trying to rank them
