I heard Kip Thorne say, "Einstein was a mediocre mathematician. Now don't get me...

		dfphil on Aug 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scientists who never won a Nobel Prize I heard Kip Thorne say, "Einstein was a mediocre mathematician. Now don't get me wrong; he was a vastly better mathematician than I'll ever be, but Hilbert was a great mathematician." We undergrads are sitting around thinking "great: Hilbert > Einsten > Thorne >>>> us. We're doomed"

Fair enough, though I was comparing him to his peers and friends.