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[Darth Wyndisis]

eh got hit on the head by appels and didnt afrad of anything

[Mysterious F.]

eh got hit on the head by appels and didnt afrad of anything

He was never hit on the head by an apple.

Also, Calculus is AMAZING. This is the first year that I have really loved math.

[Darth Wyndisis]

YES HE DID HOW DO YOU THINK HE INVENTED GRAVITY?????????

[Hi no Seijin]

You got it all wrong.  Gravity invented Isaac Newton.

[Keaton]

Isaac "fig" newton discovered gravy actually

[Darth Wyndisis]

YES TWO WEEKS BEFORE THANKSGIVING HOW FITTING

[Mysterious F.]

From Cracked.com:

Newton never mentioned the thing with the apple, and in fact it was another guy named John Conduitt who first told the story some 60 years after it supposedly happened. Even then, he was decisively vague about whether Newton actually saw an apple, or whether the apple is a metaphor that he used to illustrate the idea of gravity for people less intelligent than he was (read: everybody):

    "Whilst he was musing in a garden it came into his thought that the power of gravity (which brought an apple from the tree to the ground) was not limited to a certain distance from the earth but that this power must extend much further."

You'll notice that even then we don't get the thing with the apple actually hitting Newton in the head, it got added somewhere along the line to add the element of cartoonish slapstick to his genius life.

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_16101_the-5-most-ridiculous-lies-you-were-taught-in-history-class.html

[Darth Wyndisis]

CRACKED.COM IS A GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY TO MAKE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM LOOK STUPID YOU CAN'T TRUTS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Keaton]

Chocolate rain
TDC will rise
to power again

Chocolate rain
you read this in my voice
and lost the game

[Hi no Seijin]

As I did not read that in your voice, I did not lose the game.

However, I did just lose the game.  Very clever, Mr. Black.

[Darth Wyndisis]

I lol'd.  For real this time.

[MagmarFire]

It's pretty well known in the science/math/people-who-know-way-too-much-trivia communities that Newton was insane. Case in point: He was in Parliament for a few years, and the only thing he is known to have said is "I feel a draft, someone please close the window."

I heard the latter, as well, actually. I wouldn't call that case insanity, though, if only because even today, it's not that well defined or, as far as I know, there's no ISO standard for insanity.

1. He basically created Calculus (along with Leibniz). Despite how much you may have (or do) hate the class, this might just be is definitely the most important form of intellectual study in the modern world.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't calculus also have roots in Ancient Greece? I believe it was Archimedes that postulated that Riemann sums (they weren't called that back then, obviously) could be used with calculating the area of a circle with more and more and smaller and smaller triangles. I might have the wrong guy there, but of course, there's no doubt that Newton was one of the few absolute driving forces of the field.

2. His Three Laws of Motion. This and #1 are the basis for almost all of modern physics.

Physics. <3 It's a bit of a shame these laws can't be used in general relativity situations; it would make it so much less confusing, it would.

3. His studies in other scientific fields, such as astronomy, light, and mechanics, were also huge breakthroughs even if they were not as famous today. His studies of planetary movements removed all doubt that the Sun was the center of our universe, for example.

That was Newton? Dang, what charisma to be able to convince all the people previous astronomers could not!

4. You know how your coins have jagged edges and such? He started this practice as a way to prevent thieves from clipping off the edges of coins for the precious metals. The impact of this practice on England's (and the world's) economy can not be overestimated.

Not sure I know how that would prevent stripping. Perhaps they made their coins differently back then or something.

5. The pet door. Seriously. He was too lazy to take his cats outside, so he cut a hole in door for them.

lulz XD

[Mysterious F.]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't calculus also have roots in Ancient Greece? I believe it was Archimedes that postulated that Riemann sums (they weren't called that back then, obviously) could be used with calculating the area of a circle with more and more and smaller and smaller triangles. I might have the wrong guy there, but of course, there's no doubt that Newton was one of the few absolute driving forces of the field.

It has roots in the studies of ancient cultures (Egypt and Rome also provided some stepping stones), but Calculus in its modern-day form is traditionally credited to the studies of Newton and German mathematician Gottfied Leibniz. (It's very, VERY important to note that they worked separately and that there is a huge debate about which of them really invented it.) Think of it like how jazz music took from different forms of music and combined them into something new.

That was Newton? Dang, what charisma to be able to convince all the people previous astronomers could not!

That wasn't completely Newton. Copernicus is traditionally credited with forming the modern idea that the Sun is the center of our universe. There were doubts about this theory, though. Newton just came along and proved that it really was the Sun. Remember, every scientific theory takes many years before they are completely proven as laws.

Not sure I know how that would prevent stripping. Perhaps they made their coins differently back then or something.

If the coins were clipped, then they would have rounded, smooth edges instead of jagged ones, which would prove that the edges were clipped.

[MagmarFire]

It has roots in the studies of ancient cultures (Egypt and Rome also provided some stepping stones), but Calculus in its modern-day form is traditionally credited to the studies of Newton and German mathematician Gottfied Leibniz. (It's very, VERY important to note that they worked separately and that there is a huge debate about which of them really invented it.) Think of it like how jazz music took from different forms of music and combined them into something new.

Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

That wasn't completely Newton. Copernicus is traditionally credited with forming the modern idea that the Sun is the center of our universe. There were doubts about this theory, though. Newton just came along and proved that it really was the Sun. Remember, every scientific theory takes many years before they are completely proven as laws.

Semantics correction: Laws aren't "proven" theories; science doesn't prove. Newton's laws of motion are laws, yes, but that's because they describe what happens in particular situations and are certainly subject to being refined when new scientific developments are made (Newton's second law was found to be inaccurate [negligibly so in everyday energy systems, but significantly so at light-speed travel] due to discoveries in special relativity). Theories are formulated in an attempt to explain why or how.

If the coins were clipped, then they would have rounded, smooth edges instead of jagged ones, which would prove that the edges were clipped.

...Well, I feel stupid. XD That explains a lot!

[Darth Wyndisis]

DOWN WITH THE CORPORATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!