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Leo wins! According to mental_floss's learned readers, Leonardo da Vinci is history's greatest genius. While the Renaissance man may have easily bested Albert Einstein in the 65-person tournament's final round, his path to the title wasn't so easy. He
The Breakdown This matchup has seemed inevitable since we released the brackets, hasn't it? We've already filled you in on what each of these geniuses accomplished, but it's worth running through the list one more time before you decide who should take th
The Breakdown Two of history's most diverse minds are squaring off here, and it's going to be tough to pick a winner. Not content to just be one of the greatest artists of all time, Leonardo basically spent every waking moment of his life trying to absorb
The Breakdown Talk about a clash of titans. Einstein's name may be synonymous with "genius," but Newton's resume is just as incredible. In his 84 years the man managed to develop calculus, confirm the existence of gravity, build the first practical refle
The Breakdown Tesla continued his Cinderella run through the tournament by knocking off Descarte, but will the electrical wizard be able to drop one of history's most beloved geniuses? Leonardo's got the more diverse résumé with top-flight artworks, ske
The Breakdown An epic clash between two Founding Fathers! Both were prolific writers, Jefferson of the Declaration of Independence and his own version of the Bible, Franklin of Poor Richard's Almanack and countless newspapers and pamphlets. Franklin inven
The Breakdown Pasteur is fresh off of his upset of Shakespeare, but a matchup against Sir Isaac Newton hardly gives him a chance to catch his breath. Pasteur's discoveries and innovations in microbiology and vaccinology help keep all of us healthy and giv
The Breakdown Any competition between guys who go by one-word names is going to be tight, and this one's no exception. Our beloved cover boy Einstein has a pretty solid claim to being the 20th century's greatest scientist on the merits of his explanation
The Breakdown Tesla zapped his old rival Edison in the second round, but how will he fare against the father of modern philosophy? Tesla's got the fan following and the slew of inventions to keep him rolling through the bracket, but don't discount Descart
The Breakdown Two of the bracket's more colorful characters square off here. The ever-quotable Franklin was an inventor, scientist, author, and diplomat without peer in his day, but he was also a fellow who enjoyed a good beer and a fur hat and had an ill
The Breakdown This matchup features two Italian guys who need no last names, much less introductions. Leonardo's going to come out on top in the diversity department; not only did he do a little bit of everything, he did all of it really well. Galileo is
The Breakdown Curie keeps rolling through this tournament after her second-round upset of Aristotle. Does the two-time Nobel winner have what it takes to take down the man who bought Louisiana and sent Lewis and Clark out on their famous expedition? Curie
The Breakdown Shakespeare's catalog of poems and plays is unrivaled, and with his tight plots, beautiful wordplay, and ribald puns, there's really something for everyone in the Bard's work. Pasteur was less entertaining, but it's tough to find any fault w
The Breakdown Someone's getting his chiton ripped up in this matchup. These two ancient Greek heavyweights both have a lot going for them. Both made their marks on philosophy, and both were known as strong mathematical thinkers. (It's sometimes forgotten
The Breakdown Newton's résumé is certainly more diverse; he's got the gravity thing, calculus, his contributions to optics, and his laws of motion. Each of those things would make him a standout genius in history. Beethoven, though, has scores of brilli
The Breakdown Tough to pick against either of these guys. Einstein's breakthroughs have been pushing physics to exciting new places for nearly a century now, and he made wild hair seem like a terrific cosmetic decision. Salk, though, saved us from polio,
In what would have been the biggest upset in Tournament of Genius history, Burt Reynolds held a commanding 73%-27% lead over Leonardo Da Vinci last night. However, the FEC (Floss Election Committee) inspected the ballots this morning, and it looks like a