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Science Geniuses vs Mathematics Geniuses

How do the greatest scientific minds compare to the greatest mathematical minds?

Science Geniuses

89 Geniuses Avg IQ: 176 Max IQ: 225 Top: United States
Chris Hirata IQ 225
Ypsilanti
Aristotle IQ 200
Stagira
Erwin Schrödinger IQ 190
Vienna
Linus Pauling IQ 190
Portland
Max Planck IQ 190
Kiel
Paul Dirac IQ 190
Bristol
Wilhelm Ostwald IQ 190
Riga
Marie Curie IQ 185
Warsaw
Percy Williams Bridgman IQ 185
Cambridge
Ettore Majorana IQ 183
Catania
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz IQ 182
Leipzig
Hendrik Lorentz IQ 180
Arnhem
John Bardeen IQ 180
Madison
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh IQ 180
Langford Grove
Joseph John Thomson IQ 180
Cheetham Hill
Louis de Broglie IQ 180
Dieppe
Niels Bohr IQ 180
Copenhagen
Thales of Miletus IQ 180
Miletus
Werner Heisenberg IQ 180
Würzburg
Adolphe Quetelet IQ 175
Ghent
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek IQ 175
Delft
Baruch Spinoza IQ 175
Amsterdam
Frederick Sanger IQ 175
Rendcomb
George Gore (electrochemist) IQ 175
Blackfriars
Gustav Kirchhoff IQ 175
Königsberg
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes IQ 175
Groningen
Robert Andrews Millikan IQ 175
Morrison
Walther Nernst IQ 175
Briesen
William Shockley IQ 175
Greater London
William Whewell IQ 175
Lancaster
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Mathematics Geniuses

20 Geniuses Avg IQ: 180 Max IQ: 220 Top: England
Terence Chi-Shen Tao IQ 220
Adelaide
Hermann von Helmholtz IQ 195
Potsdam
Mislav Predavec IQ 192
Zagreb
Joseph-Louis Lagrange IQ 190
Turin
John Tukey IQ 180
New Bedford
Mary Somerville IQ 180
Jedburgh
Averroes - Ibn Rushd IQ 175
Córdoba
Edmond Halley IQ 175
Haggerston
Hypatia IQ 170
Alexandria
Ada Lovelace IQ 160
London
Willem Klein IQ 145
Amsterdam
Akshay Venkatesh
New Delhi
Andrew Wiles
Cambridge
Felix Klein
Düsseldorf
Grigori Perelman
Leningrad
Jason Padgett
Anchorage
Jerry Newport
Jim Carollo
Martin Gardner
Tulsa
Ruth Lawrence
Brighton

Analysis: Science vs Mathematics

MetricScienceMathematics
Total Geniuses8920
Average IQ176180
Highest IQ225220
Lowest IQ125145
IQ Data Available47 of 8911 of 20
Top CountryUnited StatesEngland

Mathematics geniuses have a higher average IQ by 4 points. The science group is larger with more recorded geniuses in our database.

常见问题

Who has a higher average IQ — Science or Mathematics geniuses?

Mathematics geniuses have a higher average IQ (180) compared to 176 for the other group.

How many science geniuses are there compared to mathematics geniuses?

Our database includes 89 science geniuses and 20 mathematics geniuses.

What is the highest IQ among science geniuses?

The highest recorded IQ among science geniuses in our database is 225.