Who Was the Greater Genius? A Complete Comparison
A British civil engineer and mechanical engineer responsible for creating the standard of railroad tracks
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An American physicist and inventor who won the Nobel Prize for researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect.
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Both George Stephenson and William Shockley have an estimated IQ of 175, placing them among history's greatest minds.
George Stephenson had an estimated IQ of 175 while William Shockley had an estimated IQ of 175.
George Stephenson is known for: 'Stephenson gauge. William Shockley is known for: Point-contact transistor and GJT <br> Diffused-base transistor <br> Heterojunction bipolar transistor <br> Thyristor.
Yes. Both George Stephenson and William Shockley are universally regarded as among history's greatest intellects.
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