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To: Keith Feral who wrote (205455)	10/11/2006 12:43:57 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

There does seem to be plenty of going on. In case of Newton, he was so arrogant to take offense that Robert Hooke would question his paper and threatened to withdraw it. Hooke was undoubtedly one of the most gifted experimentalists of his time (and then some). He was of slight stature and slouched (I think due to childhood illness) hence Newton's sly remark about sitting on shoulder of giants. Newton did not publish his disputed work until after Hooke's death so as to have the last word on the matter. Incidentally, the phrase was not originated by Newton (as many people, including myself) tend to think. Its first record is around 1300AD. ST