ladkin@KESTREL.ARPA (Peter Ladkin) (01/30/88)
I read the following in the ailist today: > The point is of course, that while Newton originated Newtonian physics, > and thus it is right to expect all references to this field to lead > back to him, at the time he did his research he was a nobody just > like Eric Drexler. A cursory survey of history would show this is a much mistaken view of Newton. I think he was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics when he did the physics. His reputation was well established. The basic point being made is that every important researcher has a first work. This is true. But it doesn't help to mix it up in false history. peter ladkin ladkin@kestrel.arpa