Theoretical Physicist
On JudgeMarket, Albert Einstein trades firmly in the upper tier of 20th-century legacies, though the market rarely pushes him to the ceiling. The price captures his status as the face of foundational physics — general relativity alone is a paradigm-shift multiple — while capping the valuation at his later refusal to accept quantum mechanics, a stance history has not fully vindicated. Traders also price in an "iconography premium": the wild hair and E=mc² have become global shorthand for genius, which adds a brand layer most scientists never carry. Compared to Isaac Newton, who trades in a similar band on pure revolutionary-science value, Einstein carries more public-figure beta. J. Robert Oppenheimer prices noticeably lower, reflecting how the market discounts moral ambiguity even when the scientific contribution is significant. Marie Curie sits nearby as a reference science name. Volatility is modest: Einstein is a reference asset, not a speculative one.
