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Someone has already incorporated this into the wiki entry for historical development of gravitational theory, which may or may not be entirely justified: https

Someone has already incorporated this into the wiki entry for historical development of gravitational theory, which may or may not be entirely justified: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_gravitational_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_gravitational_theor... That's an interesting article, including some challenges to Aristotle's views and gravity-related concepts introduced by Indian and Islamic scholars of the 6th - 12th century eras or so.

wolverine876 4y ago
> Someone has already incorporated this into the wiki entry for historical development of gravitational theory, which may or may not be entirely justified: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_gravitational_theor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_gravitational_theor... Isn't that a core problem with Wikipedia? I don't understand why its reputation on HN improved, a few years ago, from 'infotainment but a symbol of mis-/disinformation' to 'source of truth'.