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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

On The Shoulders of Giants

Posted on 5:42 PM by christofer D
Sir Isaac Newton once said that, "if I see further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." He was of course referring to the great astronomers who came before him, people like Galileo and Kepler. Most physicists believe Newton to be the greatest scientific mind ever in their field and yet Newton gave the credit for his success to others.Everyone I know who is good at what they do will
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