Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.message-squaremessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down12
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-22 months agoIsaac Newton - Principia Mathematica. For example, so much of our modern world would not be possible without calculus.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months 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-up4·1 month agoEvery day we stand on the shoulders of those before us
Isaac Newton - Principia Mathematica. For example, so much of our modern world would not be possible without calculus.
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