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It's too bad the apple story is the only one the public imagination latched on to. Newton was so much more than that. Granted a lot of his discoveries were hard
by wenc 6y ago
It's too bad the apple story is the only one the public imagination latched on to. Newton was so much more than that. Granted a lot of his discoveries were hard to explain without math, but he deserves a lot more credit for human history.
I bet writers of children's stories had a hard time explaining Euler too.
But somehow they managed to insert Einstein into the public imagination. And almost no one I know understands the photoeletric effect or the theory of relativity. I myself have the vaguest of understandings.
- scollet 6y agoThe end product is something successful I think. A series of children's books focused on the histories of physics, maths, philosophy, etc. while showing how each generation stands on the previous giants' shoulders would be stellar.
- croissants 6y agoUnfounded conjecture: photos matter a lot. Especially when the photos of Einstein make him look like a kooky grandpa and the images of Newton make him look like a stiff, stern cartoon.