Does /sci/ knows of any great scientist or engineer who failed

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Smale

>Smale entered the University of Michigan in 1948.[3][4] Initially, he was a good student, placing into an honors calculus sequence taught by Bob Thrall and earning himself A's. However, his sophomore and junior years were marred with mediocre grades, mostly Bs, Cs and even an F in nuclear physics. However, with some luck, Smale was accepted as a graduate student at the University of Michigan's mathematics department. Yet again, Smale performed poorly in his first years, earning a C average as a graduate student. It was only when the department chair, Hildebrandt, threatened to kick Smale out that he began to work hard.[5] Smale finally earned his Ph.D. in 1957, under Raoul Bott.

>>8534724
>any great scientist or engineer who failed classes or didn't care about his grades

if you can't comprehend science, then how the fuck do you imagine being a great scientist.

it's like asking does anyone know a good writer that didn't know how to read.

>>8534749
THIS MOTHERFUCKER GOT A FIELDS MEDAL

HOW THE FUCK.

What happened?

I am not even going to ask. I bet that motherfucker lost his virginity in his sophomore year and just started doing hard drugs and fucking prostitutes and shit. I would bet on this shit.

>>8534724
Einstein failed a physics class and he wasn't the best student.

>>8534749
there's still hope for me and the smart but lazy crowd
:)

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>>8534800
Smart but lazy.

>>8534806
I wish this meme dies one day:

>''CONTRARY to a popular legend that has given comfort to countless slow starters, young Albert Einstein was remarkably gifted in mathematics, algebra and physics, academic records recently acquired from Swiss archives show.
The records, contained in a collection of the great theorist's papers now being prepared for publication at Princeton, confirm that Einstein was a child prodigy, conversant in college physics before he was 11 years old, a ''brilliant'' violin player who got high marks in Latin and Greek. But his inability to master French was the bane of his school days, and may have been chiefly responsible for his failing college entrance examinations.''

So so suck it, all you ''late bloomers''.

>>8534859
I am not referring to that. HE failed an experimental physics course due to his unwillingness to follow the instructions (which led to an accident). Also, in college, he wasn't as good in math as he was in physics. You can read in Einstein: His Life and Universe
Book by Walter Isaacson

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>>8534873

>One failure in an experimental class
>Genius in physics, only outstanding in math.

That's hardly a consolation.

>>8534724
great people fail all the time. if they didn't they'd never have to actually work on something or reiterate an idea.

>>8534724

the era of solo geniuses was xix xx century
now u have colllective projects

>>8534789
some peeps get shit grades because they don't apply themselves

>>8534724
After returning to Italy, at age 18 University of Bologna physicist Augusto Righi, neighbour of Marconi who had done research on Heinrich Hertz's work, permitted Marconi to attend lectures at the university and use the lab and library as well.[12] Marconi received further education in Florence at the Istituto Cavallero and, later, in Livorno.[13][not in citation given] Marconi did not do well in school, according to Robert McHenry,[14] though historian Giuliano Corradi characterizes him in his biography as a true genius.[15]

from wikipedia