Who Was the Greater Genius? A Complete Comparison
A British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist who proposed in her 1925 doctoral thesis that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium
An American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium
Neither Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin nor Harold Urey has a formally estimated IQ score, but both are universally recognized as among history's greatest minds.
Neither has a formally estimated IQ in the Geniuses.Club database, though both are recognized as extraordinary intellects.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is known for: Explanation of stellar spectra and composition of the Sun, more than 3,000,000 observations of variable stars. Harold Urey is known for: Discovery of deuterium and Miller–Urey experiment.
Yes. Both Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Harold Urey are universally regarded as among history's greatest intellects.