Greatest Physicist Debate

Commenters mourn a recently deceased prominent physicist and debate their ranking among history's greatest scientists like Newton, Einstein, Euler, and Feynman, with suggestions for HN honors like a black bar.

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applecrazy Mar 14, 2018 View on HN

Is it possible to get a "black bar" on HN to honor this god of physics, who contributed so much to the literature and inspired many people, including myself?

qnsi Jun 9, 2020 View on HN

it should be Stanisław Ulam if we want to be hyper precise :)

Nux Apr 24, 2020 View on HN

Researcher's name is Newton, how fitting :)

smanek Jun 20, 2009 View on HN

Compared to Feynman or Erdős or Tesla ;-)

Aloha Mar 14, 2018 View on HN

Arguably he's probably there with Newton, Sagan, Darwin and Einstein

aerioux Mar 14, 2018 View on HN

RIP one of the greatest physicists in human history

screye Dec 23, 2023 View on HN

It's always Euler. Can't imagine a more prolific and simultaneously impact full scientist in the modern era

adharmad Mar 4, 2019 View on HN

Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century - Istvan Hargittai

Stanislaw Ulam, Louis de Broglie

tptacek Sep 25, 2013 View on HN

What "science" has he contributed?