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Below is a list of notable geniuses their greatest intellectual achievements. This list is incomplete, please add to it. See also the List of thinking-related topic lists.


 * Archimedes - one of the greatest mathematicians in antiquity.
 * Nicolaus Copernicus - a Renaissance man and an inspiration for that archetype. The astronomer responsible for the heliocentric theory of the solar system. Also a mathematician, jurist, physician, classical scholar, governor, administrator, diplomat, economist, and soldier.
 * Marie Sklodowska Curie -
 * Charles Darwin - Author of Origin of Species, the cornerstone of evolutionary science. Originator of the concept natural selection.
 * Leonardo Da Vinci -
 * René Descartes - the founder of modern philosophy.
 * Thomas Edison - prolific inventor. Invented the phonograph, an economically feasible lightbulb, and was a major contributor of (in competiton with Nicola Tesla on) the technology of electricity distribution. Father of the movie industry, and founder of the first industrial laboratory. Received over 1200 U.S. patents.
 * Albert Einstein -
 * Euclid -
 * Richard Feynman - Physicist. Greatly expanded the theory of quantum electrodynamics, particle theory, and developed a pictorial tool to better understand the behavior of subatomic particles called Feynman diagrams. A recipient of the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physics.
 * Benjamin Franklin -
 * Galileo Galilei -
 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - prolific and highly influential composer of European classical music, writing a total of over six hundred compositions.
 * Isaac Newton -
 * Louis Pasteur -
 * Linus Pauling - a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, and another for Peace (for getting above-ground nuclear bomb testing banned worldwide). One of the founders of molecular chemistry and orthomolecular medicine.
 * William Shakespeare - English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, as well as one of the greatest in Western literature, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
 * Socrates -
 * Nicola Tesla - prolific inventor. Father of modern AC power generation and distribution. Was granted over 700 U.S. patents.

See also


 * List of child prodigies
 * List of Nobel laureates