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ReadingGlasses.com is proud team up with the American Mensa association to develop a new line of eyewear.

Mensa is a non-profit high-IQ society founded in 1946. It is a social organization dedicated to fostering a community for intellectual exchange and the promotion of human intelligence for the benefit of society.

This debut of the Mensa Collection features eight beautifully designed, exceptionally well-made frames. Each is an appreciative nod to a mind that has been a gift to humankind: Newton, Euler, Mozart, Descartes, Lovelace, Beethoven, Gauss, and Voltaire. Each frame also displays an homage to their particular genius engraved on the temple: Newton’s Three Laws of Motion, Beethoven’s 5th, Euler’s famous equation, etc.

All of these reading glasses are made of the highest quality materials. The premium optical-quality lenses come standard with an Anti-Reflective coating, with additional enhancements available, such as Blue-Light Filtering, Photochromic, and Polarization. You can even have us customize a pair with your prescription.

Naturally, this unique Mensa Collection comes with the usual ReadingGlasses.com peace of mind: free no-questions-asked returns, free shipping both ways, and exceptional customer service based in our Dallas headquarters.

Here is an overview of the eight Mensa debut models and the Brilliant people who inspired them.

Euler

Euler Single Vision Full Readers. Color: Matte Black
Euler Single Vision Full Readers. Color: Matte Black

Leonard Euler (1707–1783) was a Swiss polymath considered to be one of the best mathematical minds to have ever lived. His genius became evident by his teens, applying his mind to number theory, graph theory, calculus, and geometry. Euler published more than 800 papers and books, some after losing his eyesight. He is known for his ability to simplify and explain complex concepts, a talent that shines through in what experts consider to be the most beautiful equation in mathematics: eiπ + 1 = 0. Using the five most important mathematical constants: e, π, i, 1, and 0, it elegantly bridges trigonometry and complex functions.

 

Gauss

Gauss Progressive No-Lines. Color: Yellow Acetate
Gauss Progressive No-Lines. Color: Yellow Acetate

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) was a German child prodigy who would go on to revolutionize multiple fields of mathematics and science, earning him the sobriquet, the Prince of Mathematics. He made foundational contributions to many aspects of math and science, including number theory, geometry, statistics (Gaussian Distribution), astronomy, geodesy, and electromagnetism. He was co-inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph and his Gaussian Gravitational Constant is still used today, with magnetic flux densities measured in Gauss (G).

 

Lovelace

Lovelace Progressive Reading Sunglasses. Color: Transparent Pink
Lovelace Progressive Reading Sunglasses. Color: Transparent Pink

Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) was the daughter of the poet, Lord Byron. Her mother, Lady Byron, fearing she would possess her father’s erratic, mercurial temperament, sought to ground her by forcing her to learn science, math and logic. The heavy maternal hand was a fortuitous one, as Ada’s mathematical brilliance was immediately evident. At 17 she met mathematician and inventor, Charles Babbage, as he was demonstrating his new calculating machine. She soon was under his mentorship. After translating an article written about the machine, she added copious notes capturing her own thoughts. Her now famous “Note G” explains how the machine could be programmed with a code to calculate Bernoulli numbers. The is universally considered to be the first computer program ever written, though the world wouldn’t appreciate what it promised for more than 100 years. Her musing that computers would be able to also create music and art would take another half century.

 

Newton

Newton 51 Single Vision Full Reading Glasses. Color: Crystal
Newton 51 Single Vision Full Reading Glasses. Color: Crystal

“Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”

The eulogic couplet by Alexander Pope captures the gift that Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727) was to humankind. His brilliance cannot be overstated. His Three Laws of Motion brought to light the mechanics of the world around us. He revealed the workings of universal gravity, the nature of light, and the motion of the heavens. He developed the reflecting telescope, perfected coinage, and in his spare time, developed a mathematical framework he referred to as fluxions…what we today call “calculus”. His divine insights and incredible mathematical prowess gave all who came after him a new world. One with previously unimaginable order, transparence, predictability and elegant efficiency.

 

Descartes

Descartes Progressive No-Lines. Color: Matte Tortoise
Descartes Progressive No-Lines. Color: Matte Tortoise

René Descartes (1596-1650) was a careful thinker. One that refused to be led down paths merely agreed on by others. In his Discourse on the Method, he writes:

“I entirely abandoned the study of letters. Resolving to seek no knowledge other than that of which could be found in myself or else in the great book of the world…”

It is a small step from there to his famous precept of Dualism, “Cogito, ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am).

His foundational contributions to philosophy are enough to earn him membership in the pantheon of the world’s great minds, but his genius also flowered in more empirical ways. He developed the Cartesian Coordinate System still used by mathematics students and experts alike. He also connected Geometry and Algebra creating Analytical Geometry which is used by physics, engineering, aviation, rocketry, and space science every single day.

 

Beethoven

Beethoven Computer Style Progressive. Color: Green
Beethoven Computer Style Progressive. Color: Green

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) was a German composer and pianist whose music changed the world of classical music. With his innovative compositions he bridged the Classical and Romantic, profoundly changing Western music. His talent lay in his ability to infuse raw emotional depth, structural innovation and expressive freedom into traditional forms, expanding harmonic language and orchestral scope. Beethoven’s relentless creativity, even in the face of personal struggles like isolation and illness, produced music that was both technically masterful and universally resonant, cementing his legacy as a musical genius whose work continues to inspire awe and influence composers across centuries. His 5th Symphony in C Minor may be the most recognizable piece of music in the world.

 

Mozart

Mozart Single Vision Half Readers. Color: Blue
Mozart Single Vision Half Readers. Color: Blue

Within the world of music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a child prodigy. He composed his first piece at age five, and would soon be able to compose entire pieces in his head before writing them down. He stands out for his extraordinary ability to combine emotional depth, technical perfection, and innovative creativity. His compositions—over 600 works, including symphonies like No. 40, operas like Don Giovanni, and piano concertos—blend beautiful melodies, rich harmonies, and intricate structures. His compositions were complex and meticulously crafted, but his signature quality is the effortlessness his music conveys.

 

Voltaire

Voltaire Single Vision Half Readers. Color: Green
Voltaire Single Vision Half Readers. Color: Green

Born François-Marie Arouet (1694–1778), Voltaire was a towering figure of The Enlightenment. He used his incisive intellect to champion reason, religious tolerance and freedom of thought. A prodigious writer, his complete works fill 205 volumes. He masterfully employed satire to criticize status quo thinking and communicate ideas that were before their time. His satirical magnum opus, Candide, was widely banned, as the powerful viewed his more realist philosophy as blasphemous. And his deist view, “Anyone whom can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities”, certainly didn’t help whim with the church.

Voltaire’s central tenet regarding free speech was embraced by America’s founding fathers: “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”. And his tempered optimism is perhaps best summed up by the close of Candide, “We must cultivate our garden”. Being There’s social savant Chauncey Gardner would agree.

 

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