- Werner Heisenberg was 31 when he recieved the Nobel Prize for his developments in quantum physics
- James C. Maxwell published his famous equations for electromagnetism at the age of 31
- the Wright Brothers built and flew the first airplane at the ages of 32 and 36
- Timothy Bernes-Lee was 34 when he invented the internet (HTTP protocol)
- C. L. Navier first published the Navier-Stokes Equation of fluid dynamics at the age of 37
- J. R. Oppenheimer led the development of the first atomic bomb, and succeeded at the age of 41
- Alexander Fleming was 47 when he discovered penicilin
- Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species" at 50 years of age
- A. Graham-Bell was 56 when he patented the first microphone, speaker and telephone
- The two men who recieved the Nobel Prize for first sequencing the DNA were 62 and 48 at the time
Yes, it seems like 30s and 40s are the prime time for achieving greatness, but people have been making major scientific developments well into their 50s and 60s.
Meanwhile, most people on this board are like 18-28 and already worried about running out of brainpower, because "muh fluid intelligence" LMAO