Benny had been a brilliant theorist, a college professor; now he was little more than a semi-human, semi-simian.

Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne said Mirzakhani was a brilliant theorist who made enduring contributions and inspired thousands of women to pursue math and science.

Wishing for the thousandth time that the brilliant theorist Captain Cresida had not died during the battle at Varandal, Geary hit a different comm control.

Too many brilliant theorists, don't you see!