"Newton is known for humbly declaring that he had achieved his great breakthroughs by 'standing on the shoulders of giants.' Though this may be true in part, it is largely humbug. Newton was hardly humble, and it would be just as true to say that he achieved greatness by stamping on the shoulders of giants. When others, such as Robert Hooke and Gottfried Leibniz, made breakthroughs in fields he was also researching, Newton fought ferociously to deny them credit for their work."
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Michael Brooks, Free Radicals: The Secret Anarchy of Science (2012)
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Isaac Newton
1643 β 1727
englischer Physiker und Mathematiker
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