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Should have called it Leibniz to match the famous calculus controversy

• Diskutant 4y ago
  I didn't know about this controversy and checked Wikipedia[0]. Funny thing is, the first information is what it is called in German ("Prioritätsstreit"), indicating it's somewhat relevant in Germany and yet there is no German Wikipedia article about it. There is a small segment in the german article about Leibniz[1] and even less in the German article about Newton[2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz%E2%80%93Newton_calculus_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz%E2%80%93Newton_calculu... [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#Priorit%C3%A4tsstreit https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#Prio... [2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Mathematik https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Mathematik
  • juhanima 4y ago
    "Prioritätsstreit" is just a german word for a priority dispute, i.e. the question who was the first to come up with calculus, not something to indicate that this would be a priority to the German volk. If my memory serves me right, Leibniz didn't much mind about the whole business.
    • Diskutant 4y ago
      but why write the german word for it in the english article if it isn't somewhat relevant?
      • LocalH 4y ago
        Because Leibniz was German, and thus knowledge of the word's relevance to the topic might be useful in further reading?
• gostsamo 4y ago
  Einstein is the perfect name. Newton's physics is a private case of Einstein's after all.
  • NmAmDa 4y ago
    *limiting case is the term physicists describe this relation between newtonian mechanics and relativity.
    • gostsamo 4y ago
      If you don't want physics, do not evoke Newton's name and try to bandwagon on someone else's reputation.