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Along these lines, consider how productive all of physics was between 1905-1950 or so. Einstein and Von Neumann were incredibly productive, but they also lived during an incredibly productive time to be a physicist.
Also consider that the way physics is structured now (due to the post 1950s boom and then bust), its not clear either man would even try to be a physicist. Einstein only ever had one paper peer reviewed, and it upset him greatly.
Well admittedly, one of the things one learns very early in a scientific career is that writing a paper good enough that peer reviewers won't absolutely hate it is a surprisingly high target to hit.