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| Isaac Newton latest historical figure swept up in 'decolonisation' drive |
| 2021-04-27 |
| [TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Sheffield University said the mathematician may have benefited from "colonial-era activity" as it looks to overhaul its physics curriculum |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Can't read the link without registering. What does "colonial-era activity" mean? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-04-27 20:18 |
| #7 Newtown used apostrophes for notation ( f' )and there is an old comment that "...double check book formulas because sometimes a flyspeck makes for an 'extra' differentiation..." Leibniz's dx/dt just flat works better. |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-04-27 12:52 |
| #6 Notice that these 'judges' swim and live in a society that wouldn't exist without Western Civilization. Wonder how many could survive in a 18th or 19th Century environment. The people who lived 100 years ago had more in common with the people who lived 1000 years ago, than we have in common with the people who lived 100 years ago. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-04-27 07:39 |
| #5 until they invent a time machine that can take someone back, prevent 'colonisation' and prove that the world is a better place without everything they are fighting against, they can shove it |
| Posted by: Retard Strength 2021-04-27 06:27 |
| #4 Newton was a broke land owner who was brilliant enough to get a full-ride to college when most people didn't attend any school. He developed calculus (though curiously we mostly use the notation developed by Leibnitz) and used it to describe the motion of the planets and projectiles. Then he was put in charge of the mint and fought counterfeiting and coin-shaving. He had as much to do with any colonization as the Yananamo had to do with landing on the moon. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-04-27 03:12 |
| #3 It may be a matter of historical interest if Newton always missed the spittoon or once kicked a cat or was an otherwise horrible person. But the important question is "Was he right about that gravity stuff?" And the answer is "Yeah, pretty much." The dude changed the world. What have you done, my little social justice monkeys? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-04-27 02:34 |
| #2 Well, we have Biology without genders ... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-04-27 02:16 |
| #1 Physics without Newton? If the west really want to 'decolonize' education, they should stop dictating pedagogical norms to the rest of the world. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-04-27 01:28 |