Euler's wikipedia page has one of the most casually jawdropping sentences I've ever read about a human being: "Euler's work averages 800 pages a year from 1725 to 1783. He also wrote over 4500 letters and hundreds of manuscripts. It has been estimated that Leonard Euler was the author of a quarter of the combined output in mathematics, physics, mechanics, astronomy, and navigation in the 18th century."
A quarter of all the output in so many fields. For a whole century. When you think about everyone else who was contributing to science at that time. It's just completely staggering.
A quarter of all the output in so many fields. For a whole century. When you think about everyone else who was contributing to science at that time. It's just completely staggering.