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Top 7 Smartest People in History

Smartest People in History

By Danish NazirPublished about a year ago 4 min read
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Top 7 Smartest People in History

History does not assess your intelligence based on the number of questions you answered in Math class. Albert Einstein was expelled from class several times because his teachers thought he was stupid. Newton appeared to have learning disabilities, and his teachers recommended that he attend special school. Despite having learning disabilities, Tom Cruise, the handsome Hollywood actor, made a name for himself. They are a symbol for what they do. Today's scientific achievements are based on the fundamental principles described or discovered by Newton and Einstein, the latter being the most famous scientist of all time.

Top 7 Smartest People in History

1. Albert Einstein

We all know that Albert Einstein is one of the most brilliant scientists who ever lived. They claim that his brain worked 4% harder than the average man's. That reminds us of "Lucy," who revealed a plethora of secrets about the living world due to enhanced brain functionality. Was Einstein's mind, and his seemingly strange ideas, also a result of this functionality?

He has been dubbed the most famous and influential scientist of the twentieth century. In popular culture and urban slang, Einstein's name has also been linked to and referred to as a word in its own right.

Example if somebody calls somebody an Einstein, it can be regarded as one of the most magnanimous and highest of compliments ever indicating that such a person is brilliant with endless creativity.

2. Isaac Newton

A mathematician by definition, this man provided us the basics of Physics that we use to perform the most complex of experiments today. Newton’s ideas were easy to understand in school- probably the only scientist whose works were understandable to the common minds like ours. He gave the famous Laws of Motion and Gravity.

3. Stephen Hawking

Despite being from a more recent era, this man deserves to be on this list. Stephen is a top-tier genius because he proved the majority of Einstein's theories. Many people avoided Einstein because he presented ideas that the average person could not comprehend. When Hawking combined quantum theory and general relativity, he demonstrated that it is the limitations of the mind, not the possibilities, that prevent people from accepting truth.

4. Galileo Galilei

He is the man who gave us the ability to see beyond the clouds. Galileo invented the telescope, which enabled man to discover the universe's hidden secrets, only a small portion of which has been revealed to us to date. It gives us strange pleasure to think that this man's work is the foundation upon which the current system of military intelligence is built. Do I need to mention that the discoveries and efforts of this man who lived centuries ago form the foundation of NASA?

5. Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler alone is considered responsible for millions of deaths in the history of mankind. Putting down the basis of Nazism, he fooled the world into believing that what he is doing was right and this is precisely where the genius of this man lies. His famous quote, “I didn’t kill all the Jews so that people would know why I was killing them”, has intrigued many people over the years. Legend has it that he was the illegitimate son of a Jewish father who abandoned his mother and him.

He was also a military man, cleverly using the resources and the German Army as well as Police Forces of the time to shield him from opposing forces, only to eventually turn Germany into a land owned, ruled, governed, and controlled by him and his Nazi Manifesto. Definitely one of the greatest and smartest people who ever lived, until he was surpassed a few decades later by Osama Bin Laden, who had similar but more harmful motives.

6. William Shakespeare

He was and still is a man of many talents, as his name has been preserved for centuries and may even last a lifetime from now. Shakespeare is more known to laymen because of the difficult spelling of his name where most of us have had a teacher rebuking us over missing the "e". Only later did we discover that the legendary playwright is much more than his misogynistic treatment of female characters.

7. Leonardo da Vinci

When we talk about Leonardo, we often wonder who he was. Was he a painter? Are you a scientist? Is she a model? Are you a sculptor? Are you a painter? He turned out to be all of them. Da Vinci was a master of his craft, whether it was 3D modeling or painting. His most famous works include the Mona Lisa portrait and the Vitruvian Man. He also designed the first helicopter/airplane prototype.

To this date, the stories of Da Vinci are told and retold in the form of novels, cartoons and Freemason controversies. He can be considered one of the most flexible men of his time to have learned and mastered each thing he attempted all in the artistic fields.

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