I'm not going to comment on the rest of your comment, but I found the first 2 sentences to be pretty out of context. "one of the most impressive technologists"

I'm not going to comment on the rest of your comment, but I found the first 2 sentences to be pretty out of context. "one of the most impressive technologists" is much different than "most impressive technologist". Removing the plural completely changes the meaning of that statement.