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Topic	Isaac Newton only the 6th greatest Briton ever according to the BBC
teep_ 03/29/21 4:49:43 AM #33:	scar the 1 posted... mooreandrew58 posted... Newton (for what hea most well known for at least) aint all that special imo. If not him somebody else would have came to the same conclusion as him. I mean the idea that some kinda force is what draws objects to the ground and keeps us on the ground seems so common sense. Just nobody before him decided to really think too deeply about it I guess. Kinda both agree and disagree with this. Yes people would probably figure it out. Heck, Leibniz defined the derivative (with better notation) contemporaneously, and the development of calculus is an important step to Newton's laws of motion and gravity. On the other hand, Newton's laws and predictions were incredibly groundbreaking Not just in mechanics. Newton did important work in optics and pretty much laid the foundation of my field, rheology E: and Newton's law of cooling. I do believe he was a polymath (though tbf, that was easier to be back then) --- teep dumb as f* fr - BatmanVonDoom I'm gonna pound a 400 lb woman just to prove teep wrong - NigerianKnight <cite>teep_ posted [p:952232939] in Isaac Newt... [t:79374878]...</cite> <quote>scar the 1 posted...</cite> <quote> mooreandrew58 posted... </cite> <quote> Newton (for what hea most well known for at least) aint all that special imo. If not him somebody else would have came to the same conclusion as him. I mean the idea that some kinda force is what draws objects to the ground and keeps us on the ground seems so common sense. Just nobody before him decided to really think too deeply about it I guess. </quote>Kinda both agree and disagree with this. Yes people would probably figure it out. Heck, Leibniz defined the derivative (with better notation) contemporaneously, and the development of calculus is an important step to Newton's laws of motion and gravity. On the other hand, Newton's laws and predictions were incredibly groundbreaking</quote> Not just in mechanics. Newton did important work in optics and pretty much laid the foundation of my field, rheology E: and Newton's law of cooling. I do believe he was a polymath (though tbf, that was easier to be back then) --- teep dumb as f* fr - BatmanVonDoom I'm gonna pound a 400 lb woman just to prove teep wrong - NigerianKnight</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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