57.4% of matchups won
289 matchups
Elo 1623
tracked 2025/06/01 → 2026/07/16
mission: Revolutionize understanding of physics · Theoretical physics · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing53%
picked as helping wellbeing
222 matchups
73%
picked as hurting wellbeing
67 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Albert Einstein
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61.2% wins · german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
02
Richard Feynman
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39.0% wins · American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
03
Ludwig Boltzmann
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41.7% wins · Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
04
Galileo Galilei
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70.4% wins · Italian polymath (1564–1642)
05
Isaac Newton
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64.8% wins · English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
Known for
- Nobel Prize in Physics 1918
- Established quantum theory
- Introduced Planck constant
- Contributed to thermodynamics
- Founded Max Planck Society
Based on 289 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/16. Full rankings ·
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