Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 hours agoWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-23 hours agoIsaac Newton - Principia Mathematica. For example, so much of our modern world would not be possible without calculus.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoNewton himself might disagree, given that he said that he was only able to produce his work because he was “[stood] on the shoulders of giants”. That could put Euclid’s Elements above Pricipia Mathematica.
Isaac Newton - Principia Mathematica. For example, so much of our modern world would not be possible without calculus.
Newton himself might disagree, given that he said that he was only able to produce his work because he was “[stood] on the shoulders of giants”.
That could put Euclid’s Elements above Pricipia Mathematica.