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Except for the bits that Galileo did, and Archimedes, and Aristotle, etc.
by kwhitefoot 5y ago
Except for the bits that Galileo did, and Archimedes, and Aristotle, etc.
- jaclaz 5y agoYep, but, to be fair, he admitted to be standing on the shoulders of giants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_g...
- Y_Y 5y agoSure, but to my knowledge they weren't employed to combat currency counterfeiting.
- snovv_crash 5y agoMaybe they weren't aware that Newton ran the Mint in his later life, so exactly the same issues with counterfeiting.
- kmtrowbr 5y agoYes -- Newton WAS employed to combat currency counterfeiting: https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2380.htm https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2380.htm
- Maken 5y agoArchimedes established the density principle to combat jewelry counterfeiting.
- Y_Y 5y agoExcellent counterpoint. I hope you indecently exposed yourself in an urban area in celebration.