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re: Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:03 pm to FootballNostradamus
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:03 pm to FootballNostradamus
Its a toughie, but I really think Einstein shaped the 20th century more than any other individual. Can't say the same for Newton and the 18th Century.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:05 pm to OMLandshark
Fig Newtons are delicious dipped in milk. I give the nod to Albert.
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:10 pm to OMLandshark
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Can't say the same for Newton and the 18th Century.
Because there was no mass media to make him a star? While Einstein was the most significant scientific mind since Newton, Newton was responsible for a branch of physics "for the real world" AND calculus. Plus he did things with optics and light.
Einstein was practically worthless in math. Although his work was both important at the atomic/quantum level, as well as astrophysics - much of his importance is based on his research filling in the gaps that Newtonian physics didn't account for. That's clean-up work, relatively speaking.
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:10 pm to OMLandshark
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Its a toughie, but I really think Einstein shaped the 20th century more than any other individual. Can't say the same for Newton and the 18th Century.
Newton's theories were universally accepted for decades after and are still applicable in 99.9% of non-quantum cases.
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