Quote: "In his dynamics and celestial mechanics, Newton achieved the victory for which Copernicus, Kelper, and Galileo had prepared the way."
Questions: Where there other small scale discoveries that led up to this? Did all of this somehow connect?
Comments: I'll be honest, I was sort of bored with this reading. I liked the other reading better. I'm not huge on the history of math because you can never really dive into what they were thinking. There is always that surface knowledge and statement of, "Oh, they are so great." but really, if you can't achieve something close to that feeling, it's hard to relate. Anyway though, I feel like a lot of people contributed to this discovery. I find it ironic how they all found each other's notes. But that's the human experience in general. There are mysteries that are sought out to be solved by someone willing enough. If society is against it, there is that one person who will carry on with it.