en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/3590537 Comments by Artem Kaznatcheev http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=644#IDComment278558827 you remember incorrectly. He was 26 for Special Relativity (as the comic mentions) and 37 for General Relativity. If you want to come up with an example of a physicist or mathematician who was truly innovative past 40, then the standard example is Paul Erdos. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:46:14 +0000 http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=644#IDComment278558827