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Calculus is a billion to one. General (not Special) relativity, I'm told, is MUCH less of a favorite if Einstein never existed. Perhaps under 20-1.

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Yeah I'd probably agree with the calculus odds there, especially since Leibniz discovered it independently if I remember correctly. But I'm not admitting wrongess here, I just stated what odds I'd give [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

As for Gen Rel, I think I heard some where that some other dude actually found the equations before Einstein did by like 3 days, but he didn't want to take credit since Einstein came up with the idea and told this guy what it was and what he was searching for mathematically. Can anyone verify this? This is just a vague memory from my gen rel class

So I'm sticking to ~ 20:1, although it sounds like we're in the same ballpark anyway