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Im not sure about his genius compared to Einstein, but Hus contributions to physics are much more than popularization (which I think came much later in his care
by drjesusphd 7y ago
Im not sure about his genius compared to Einstein, but Hus contributions to physics are much more than popularization (which I think came much later in his career). He played a leading role in developing the most successful scientific theory in history: quantum electrodynamics.
- akvadrako 7y agoI didn't just mean popularization, but I know him best for Feynman diagrams and the path integral formulation. Basically making existing concepts easier to understand.
- cryptonector 7y agoEinstein was not very good with math. He stood on the shoulders of Pointcaré, Lorentz, and Riemman. He saw more, he saw farther, he was brilliant, but I'm not sure he'd have done what he did without those shoulders to stand on. OTOH, once he had Special Relativity in the bag and saw an outline of General Relativity, he had the persistence to see it through. Feynman had it easier in this sense: more shoulders to stand on, less radical theories to develop, and was less alone in terms of peers. IMO Feynman and Einstein are comparable.