Re: [Phys-L] A bomb without Einstein?

[Bernard Cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org>]

On 2014, Jun 27, , at 20:02, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:

> Bottom line:  Give credit where credit is due.  Tell your 
> students that science is a team sport.  Newton wasn't 
> kidding when he quoted the old proverb: If I have seen 
> further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
> _________________________________________

Not sarcasm regarding Hooke?  

Standing on the shoulders of giants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants  

bc    


The reference?

Robert P. Crease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Crease