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I divided the top 500 geniuses in history by country, then divided countries' population by 1,000,000, then divided that by the number of geniuses from that country. These are the results.
10. Sweden: 0.30 per 1,000,000
Swedish geniuses include Jons Berzelius (IQ 180), one of the founders of modern chemistry and mathematician and professor of mathematics Arne Beurling (IQ 180).
9. Germany: 0.47 per 1,000,000
German geniuses include Carl Gauss (IQ 250-300), a mathematician who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, mechanics, electrostatics, astronomy, matrix theory, and optics, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (IQ 225), a writer and statesman, and Albert Einstein (IQ 205-225), a theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.
8. Italy: 0.48 per 1,000,000
Italian geniuses include Leonardo da Vinci (IQ 220), a polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, poetry, and cartography, Paolo Sarpi (IQ 195), a historian, prelate, scientist, canon lawyer, and statesman, and Ettore Majorana (IQ 195), a theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses
7. Denmark: 0.52 per 1,000,000
Danish geniuses include Barthold Niebuhr (IQ 185), a statesman, banker, and historian who became a leading historian of Ancient Rome, Hans Christian Ørsted (IQ 180), a physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, and Niels Bohr (IQ 175-185), and physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory
6. Austria: 0.58 per 1,000,000
Austrian geniuses include Ludwig Boltzmann (IQ 195), a physicist and philosopher whose greatest achievement was in the development of statistical mechanics, which explains and predicts how the properties of atoms determine the physical properties of matter, Erwin Schrödinger (IQ 190), a physicist who developed a number of fundamental results in the field of quantum theory, and Johann Strauss (IQ 170), a composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas.
5. Ireland: 0.63 per 1,000,000
Irish geniuses include George Berkeley (IQ 190), a philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism", George Bernard Shaw
(IQ 180), playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond, and Robert Boyle (IQ 160), a natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor.
4. Switzerland: 0.71 per 1,000,000
Swiss geniuses include Leonhard Euler (IQ 195), a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician and engineer who made important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics, Albrecht von Haller (IQ 190), an anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet, and Jean-Paul Marat (IQ 170), a physician, scientist and political theorist who became best known for his role as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution.
3. France: 0.86 per 1,000,000
French geniuses include Henri Poincaré (IQ 195), a mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and a philosopher of science, Emily Chatelet (IQ 190), a female physicist, mathematician and author during the Age of Enlightenment, and Voltaire (IQ 190), a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.
2. United Kingdom: 1.12 per 1,000,000
British geniuses include Isaac Newton (IQ 220), a physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution, William Shakespere (IQ 210), poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist, and James Maxwell (IQ 210), a mathematician and physicist who published physical and mathematical theories of the electromagnetic field.
1. Greece: 1.64 per 1,000,000
Greek geniuses include Aristotle (IQ 190), a philosopher whose writings cover physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy, Euclid (IQ 180), the most prominent mathematician of antiquity, often referred to as the "father of geometry," and Homer (IQ 180), credited with being the first to write down the epic stories of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the impact of his tales continue to reverberate through Western culture.
10. Sweden: 0.30 per 1,000,000
Swedish geniuses include Jons Berzelius (IQ 180), one of the founders of modern chemistry and mathematician and professor of mathematics Arne Beurling (IQ 180).
9. Germany: 0.47 per 1,000,000
German geniuses include Carl Gauss (IQ 250-300), a mathematician who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, mechanics, electrostatics, astronomy, matrix theory, and optics, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (IQ 225), a writer and statesman, and Albert Einstein (IQ 205-225), a theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.
8. Italy: 0.48 per 1,000,000
Italian geniuses include Leonardo da Vinci (IQ 220), a polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, poetry, and cartography, Paolo Sarpi (IQ 195), a historian, prelate, scientist, canon lawyer, and statesman, and Ettore Majorana (IQ 195), a theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses
7. Denmark: 0.52 per 1,000,000
Danish geniuses include Barthold Niebuhr (IQ 185), a statesman, banker, and historian who became a leading historian of Ancient Rome, Hans Christian Ørsted (IQ 180), a physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, and Niels Bohr (IQ 175-185), and physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory
6. Austria: 0.58 per 1,000,000
Austrian geniuses include Ludwig Boltzmann (IQ 195), a physicist and philosopher whose greatest achievement was in the development of statistical mechanics, which explains and predicts how the properties of atoms determine the physical properties of matter, Erwin Schrödinger (IQ 190), a physicist who developed a number of fundamental results in the field of quantum theory, and Johann Strauss (IQ 170), a composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas.
5. Ireland: 0.63 per 1,000,000
Irish geniuses include George Berkeley (IQ 190), a philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism", George Bernard Shaw
(IQ 180), playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond, and Robert Boyle (IQ 160), a natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor.
4. Switzerland: 0.71 per 1,000,000
Swiss geniuses include Leonhard Euler (IQ 195), a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician and engineer who made important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics, Albrecht von Haller (IQ 190), an anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet, and Jean-Paul Marat (IQ 170), a physician, scientist and political theorist who became best known for his role as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution.
3. France: 0.86 per 1,000,000
French geniuses include Henri Poincaré (IQ 195), a mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and a philosopher of science, Emily Chatelet (IQ 190), a female physicist, mathematician and author during the Age of Enlightenment, and Voltaire (IQ 190), a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.
2. United Kingdom: 1.12 per 1,000,000
British geniuses include Isaac Newton (IQ 220), a physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution, William Shakespere (IQ 210), poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist, and James Maxwell (IQ 210), a mathematician and physicist who published physical and mathematical theories of the electromagnetic field.
1. Greece: 1.64 per 1,000,000
Greek geniuses include Aristotle (IQ 190), a philosopher whose writings cover physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy, Euclid (IQ 180), the most prominent mathematician of antiquity, often referred to as the "father of geometry," and Homer (IQ 180), credited with being the first to write down the epic stories of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the impact of his tales continue to reverberate through Western culture.
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