who in history said 'if i can see farther than others, its because i stand on the shoulder of giants'.

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2007-02-13 05:15:48 · 4 answers · asked by timmy 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the famous English mathematician and physicist, wrote this in a letter to Robert Boyle on Feb 5, 1676.

2007-02-13 19:44:58 · answer #1 · answered by golden-oldie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

2007-02-13 05:19:43 · answer #2 · answered by ♥LadyC♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Sir Isaac Newton said: "If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants"

2007-02-13 05:32:04 · answer #3 · answered by chettyms 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It was famously used by the seventeenth-century scientist Isaac Newton

2007-02-13 05:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋