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Science Quote of the Week #45

biokm science quote This week’s quote comes from Isaac Newton.
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”

Update: Thanks to Rob Hooft for pointing out that ‘Isaac Newton applied his “shoulders” method even to this quotation: he did not come up with it all by himself!’ Read this article to find out more about the original quote from author and theologian John of Salisbury.

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