Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 days agoNewton himself might disagree, given that he said that he was only able to produce his work because he was “[stood] on the shoulders of giants”. That could put Euclid’s Elements above Pricipia Mathematica.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoEvery day we stand on the shoulders of those before us
Newton himself might disagree, given that he said that he was only able to produce his work because he was “[stood] on the shoulders of giants”.
That could put Euclid’s Elements above Pricipia Mathematica.
Every day we stand on the shoulders of those before us