Reminds me of Newton, Hooke and Hailey arguments (c.f https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_motu_corporum_in_gyrum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_motu_corporu

Reminds me of Newton, Hooke and Hailey arguments (c.f https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_motu_corporum_in_gyrum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_motu_corporum_in_gyrum) It has been common to see such debates but at the end having advanced science is the main goal and these fights while fascinating are anecdotal. I always wonder if one could rewrite math and physics without the use of names to describe a theory or a théorème but rather use a descriptive one. General relativity is indeed well named instead of Einstein relativity, Pythagorean’s theorem could become the rectangle triangle theorem ...