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> stood on the shoulders of Galilei Why Galilei and not Kepler?Newton obviously derived the law of gravity from Kepler's laws. Kepler was an absolute giant, an
by credit_guy 5y ago
> stood on the shoulders of Galilei
Why Galilei and not Kepler?Newton obviously derived the law of gravity from Kepler's laws. Kepler was an absolute giant, and his contribution would not have been possible without Tycho Brahe, another giant. We will never know who the "giants" were, or maybe it was just a pure expression of modesty, but if there were some, I think they were Kepler and Brahe, not Galilei.
- avmich 5y agoI think - just an opinion - both Newton and Galilei thought about higher level things than Kepler and Brahe, more general - be that "basic principle of relativity" or general motion of matter. I'd like to listen to science historians on this matter.