If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants
2007-03-28 14:42:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The metaphor of dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants is first recorded in the twelfth century and attributed to Bernard of Chartres. It was famously used by the seventeenth-century scientist Isaac Newton
2007-03-28 16:32:47 · answer #1 · answered by M☺lly, RN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” ~
Isaac Newton quotes (English Mathematician and Physicist, "father of the modern science", 1642-1727)
2007-03-29 10:43:38 · answer #2 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sir Isaac Newton
2007-03-28 21:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by cvjade 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isaac Newton.
2007-03-28 21:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by Evil Genius 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Harold Abelson
2007-03-28 21:48:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you ha ha, i cant remember, you got me there!
2007-03-28 21:47:25 · answer #6 · answered by ellen h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋