Please help to settle this!

Futile argument.
You can't compare apples and pears.

BradordLass as I said in the OP, it's not an "argument" as such, more a sort of debate!.

And in a way you can compare apples to pears, as in saying which you prefer (can't stand pears myself)

Da Vinci, he was way ahead of his time. I think Einstein had more at his disposal at his time.

Leonardo da Vinci without a doubt, a man ahead of his time.

Alima, sorry, did not intend to copy what you said. I read original post and skimmed down to the bottom and posted. Great minds & all that

Leonardo. Beautiful art and his invention ideas have all them in happened how could he imagine them in the time that he lived. The Sistine Chapel beats everything

phoenix this is the sort of debate my small DGS enjoys.... as in ‘Grandma, which is better, a T Rex or Iron Man?’
Impossible choice!

Comparing apples and artichokes.

Leonardo. We watched a programme this week called 'The Mona Lisa Myth' or something. Leonardo was unbelievably amazing.

Einstein changed the world, de Vinci changed how we look at things ie our view of the world. Einstein for me.

By the way, I adore pears.

Has to be Leonardo in my opinion. ?‍?

Albert Einstein

I think the Sistine Chapel was Michelangelo's work, wasn't it, and he has not been mentioned.

Impossible to choose, but just to say that if Einstein was a 'one trick pony' it was one hell of a trick.

Leonardo was the greatest genius of all time,

Two totally different disciplines and both are famous in their own field in their own time and can't be compared.

Both understood maths and physics, but Leonardo's physics was fundamental for the times, Einstein's more complex for his. One has more graspable ideas, the other not so.

Izabella, I am with you. They are both part of an evolution in knowledge. Einstein had the advantage of more previous scientists’ research,

Definitely Leonardo.

When I was doing my degree in History of Art I upset my Renaissance tutor by saying I thought he was a scientist first. His paintings are magnificent, and he was a visionary.

There is a very good book by Michael White called Leonardo as Scientist.

For anyone interested in Leonardo, the programme I mentioned above is fascinating. I think it's a two pattern. We have only watched the first one so far but it told a lot about the man and his life and work.

The two people are totally incomparable. It is like comparing an
apple to an orange, both of which are fruit.
Albert was a genious at the scientific level who's contribution to physics I feel was superior to most scientists.
Like Leonado he too was a polymath as he was an accomplished violinist.
On the otherhand we know of Leonado as an artist both in painting and sculpture. Leonardo also conceived the concept and created rudimentary designs for a submarine which technically was before its time.
So any comparison between them can really not be made as their contribution to society is too diverse.
On a lighter note my late mother in law often had afternoon tea with Einstein in Berlin.

Both extraordinarily brilliant but if I had to choose it would be Einstein for me!

I agree with BradfordLass as usual!
They are chalk and cheese.
Leo was 15th century Albert 20th.
I wish we had some present day contenders.
Or maybe we do but they are so busy being genii, we don't know about them yet.

It’s impossible to compare, but without Einstein there wouldn’t be the internet to ask the question!!!

I'm a huge Leonardo fan - amazing man. He'd get my vote any time