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> Even though I had heard Newton's quote about standing on shoulder of giants I was never able to understand it fully till much later. There's an article about
by samizdis 6y ago
> Even though I had heard Newton's quote about standing on shoulder of giants I was never able to understand it fully till much later.
There's an article about this [1] that I enjoyed reading a few years back, titled Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Story Behind Newton’s Famous Metaphor for How Knowledge Progresses
[1] https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/02/16/newton-standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants/ https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/02/16/newton-standing-on-...
- selimthegrim 6y agoRobert Hooke might be a little annoyed at that interpretation.