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Isaac Newton vs Robert Hooke sur la loi de la gravitation universelle

Authors :
Sfetcu, Nicolae
Source :
Sfetcu, Nicolae Isaac Newton vs Robert Hooke sur la loi de la gravitation universelle., 2019 [Preprint]
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Preprint

Abstract

One of the disputed controversies on the priority of scientific discoveries is that of the law of universal gravitation, between Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke. Hooke accused Newton of plagiarism, of taking up his ideas expressed in earlier works. I'm trying to show, based on previous analysis, that both scientists were wrong: Robert Hooke because his theory was basically just ideas that would never have materialized without Isaac's mathematical support Newton; and the latter was wrong not to recognize the ideas of Hooke in the elaboration of the theory of gravity. Furthermore, after Hooke's death and his accession to the presidency of the Royal Society, Newton removed all traces of former president Robert Hooke from the institution. For this, I detail the accusations and arguments of each of the parties, and how this dispute was perceived by the contemporaries of the two scientists. I end the paper with the conclusions drawn from the content.

Subjects

Subjects :
DI. Science libraries.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
E-LIS (Eprints in Library & Information Science)
Journal :
Sfetcu, Nicolae Isaac Newton vs Robert Hooke sur la loi de la gravitation universelle., 2019 [Preprint]
Accession number :
edseli.44615
Document Type :
Preprint