Official measure

Simon van der Meer's IQ: claims and evidence

Simon van der Meer received the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics. Official award metadata is shown separately from IQ claims; a prize is not a psychometric score.

Direct answer157

Informal estimate, not a verified public IQ score.

See 157 on the IQ scale
1925–2011Physics
Evidence ledger

What the record supports

Every card keeps the measure, year, method, and limitations attached to the number—or explains why no number is shown.

Estimate2026
157estimated IQ points

Informal IQ estimate

A proof-of-concept estimate for a scientist without a public test record. The badge says Estimate because this is not a measured IQ.

Informal estimate, not a verified public IQ score.
Method and limits

Centered on historiometric bands often cited for eminent scientists (roughly 140–155), with a small deterministic offset by person and field, then labeled as an informal estimate.

  • No primary test report supports this number.
  • Achievement, occupation, and prizes are not IQ tests.
  • This fill exists so the proof-of-concept atlas has no unknown person IQ cells.

Uncertainty: Typical bands for eminent scientists are wide. A Nobel Prize or discovery does not identify a test score.