THUNDER STEALER Despite his achievements, Newton made many enemies, even attempting to wipe their discoveries from the records
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Isaac Newton once said, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” This became one of the most well-known quotes from the world of science, uttered over 300 years ago by the great mathematician and physicist. His supporters would say it showed him to be a humble man, attributing his great successes to his predecessors and contemporaries. But those that knew the true nature of the power-hungry scientist thought otherwise, viewing the quote as a dig at one of his greatest rivals – physicist Robert Hooke – who was shorter than Newton and suffered from a stoop.
MANOR BORN Newton’s childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire
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