How to Be Smarter than Isaac Newton
The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean
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The History of Isaac Newton
When Newton died in 1727, England honored him with a burial in Westminster Abbey. No one in the government gave a crap about science. But of course, Isaac Newton does deserve to be buried in Westminster Abbey,. So while he was honored for the wrong reasons, the end result was correct. The historical underestimation canceled out the historical overestimation.
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