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9. Juli 2021 · Standing on the shoulders of giants. by. Hobhouse, Henry, 1924-. Publication date. 1999. Topics. Scientists -- Biography, Scientists, Scientists Biography. Publisher. Bruton : King's School.
“Though there were many giants of old in physics and philosophy, yet I say with Didacus Stella, 'A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself’; I may likely add, alter, and see farther than my predecessors […].”
It is a metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants (Latin: nani gigantum humeris insidentes) and expresses the meaning of "discovering truth by building on previous discoveries". This concept has been dated to the 12th century and, according to John of Salisbury, is attributed to Bernard of Chartres.
Diese berühmte Formulierung stammt aus einem Brief von Isaac Newton an einen seiner Kollegen aus dem Jahre 1675, dem er über seine Entdeckung zur Farbtheorie auf Englisch schrieb: “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants*”( dt.:"Wenn ich weiter sehen konnte, so deshalb, weil ich auf den Schultern von Riesen ...
This chapter offers a preliminary answer by briefly surveying the origins and growth of the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Husserl, some of the Great Philosophers who stood “on the shoulders of giants.”
1. Jan. 2015 · Dr. Gross is one of the indisputable giants of pediatric surgery, who helped create the model of clinical excellence coupled to scientific inquiry. As a resident, Gross performed the first successful ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus.
Newton’s Quote: Does the student’s response show a deepening understanding of how scientific discovery is built upon the work of other scientists? Does the student understand what Newton meant by seeing further and who he referred to as giants? Does the student understand Newton’s character more deeply than initially?
