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It's highly unlikely that the Romans could have had the industrial revolution[0], so I'm doubtful that calculus alone would have gotten them to Mars. [0]: http
by tyre 1y ago
It's highly unlikely that the Romans could have had the industrial revolution[0], so I'm doubtful that calculus alone would have gotten them to Mars.
[0]: https://acoup.blog/2022/08/26/collections-why-no-roman-industrial-revolution/ https://acoup.blog/2022/08/26/collections-why-no-roman-indus...
- gsf_emergency_2 1y agoA different take: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-18904-3 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-18904-3 (Maybe the Greeks' themselves could have done it, they already had a rudimentary steam engine )
- 1970-01-01 1y agoYes, the scientific method pre-dates the industrial revolution for a reason. You simply can't get cracking on rocket science without foundational science.[-3] [-3]: https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/AIDS_(Space_Program)#AIDS_Space_Missions https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/AIDS_(Space_Program)#AIDS_Sp...