Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down13
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-224 hours agoIsaac Newton - Principia Mathematica. For example, so much of our modern world would not be possible without calculus.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·23 hours 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-up3·13 hours 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