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Greatest Exploration Geniuses — Ranked by IQ

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Exploration Geniuses
Exploration is the original act of genius — stepping into the unknown with only courage and curiosity.
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Total Exploration Geniuses
21
Highest IQ
180
Average IQ
166
#1 Genius
Albertus

Top 15 Exploration Geniuses by IQ

Ranked by estimated IQ score, based on historical records and psychometric research.

#NameIQBornKnown For
1 Albertus Magnus 180 1200 Systematic study of mineralsdiscovery of the element arsenic
2 Hans Christian Ørsted 180 1777 Discovery of electromagnetism and Aluminium
3 Charles Darwin 180 1809 The Voyage of the Beagle
On the Origin of Species
The Descent of Man
4 Hipparchus 175 0190 Discovery of precession of the equinoxes.
5 Alessandro Volta 175 1745 Invention of the electric cell
Discovery of methane
Volt
Voltage
Voltmeter
6 Robert Bunsen 175 1811 Discovery of cacodyl radical Discoveries of caesium and rubidium Discovery of use of the Bunsen burn
7 Alfred Russel Wallace 175 1823 Co-discovery of natural selection, Pioneering work on biogeography, Wallace Line Wallace effect
8 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 170 1742 Discovery of tree-like electrical discharge patterns now called Lichtenberg figures.
9 Joseph Priestley 165 1733 Discovery of oxygen (O2) and nine other gases (including carbon monoxide (CO), nitric oxide (NO), n
10 William Herschel 165 1738 Discovery of Uranus
11 Lise Meitner 165 1878 Discovery of protactinium Discovery of nuclear fission
12 Robert Koch 155 1843 Bacterial culture method
Koch's postulates
Germ theory
Discovery of anthrax bacillus
13 Christopher Columbus 140 1451 Discovery of Americas
14 Carl Sagan 130 1934 Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI), Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, The Dragons of Eden, Th
15 Francis Drake None 1540 His circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580

More Exploration Geniuses

Georg Brandt
1694
Discovery of cobalt
Karl Landsteiner
1868
Development of blood group system, discovery of Rh factor, discovery of poliovirus
Alexander Fleming
1881
Discovery of penicillin and Lysozyme
Howard Florey
1898
Discovery of penicillin's properties
Marguerite Perey
1909
Francium discovery
Carl Woese
1928
Discovery of Archaea

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