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If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton, letter to Robert Hooke

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The idea in context

This comes from Newton's 1676 letter to Robert Hooke. In context, the famous 'shoulders of giants' image is about inherited knowledge, rivalry, humility, and the long chain of discovery. Isaac Newton (1643–1727) was an English physicist and mathematician whose laws of motion and gravity founded classical physics.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Daha uzağı gördüysem, devlerin omuzlarında durduğum içindir.
Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke'a mektup

Bu söz Newton'un 1676'da Robert Hooke'a yazdığı mektuptan gelir. Bağlamda ünlü 'devlerin omuzları' imgesi miras alınan bilgi, rekabet, tevazu ve keşfin uzun zinciri hakkındadır. Isaac Newton (1643–1727); hareket ve kütleçekim yasaları klasik fiziğin temelini atan İngiliz fizikçi ve matematikçiydi.

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