Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 个月前What's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.message-squaremessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down13
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 个月前message-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 个月前Isaac Newton - Principia Mathematica. For example, so much of our modern world would not be possible without calculus.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 个月前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.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 个月前Every 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