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by peignoir 2513 days ago
Reminds me of Newton, Hooke and Hailey arguments

(c.f https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_motu_corporum_in_gyrum)

It has been common to see such debates but at the end having advanced science is the main goal and these fights while fascinating are anecdotal.

I always wonder if one could rewrite math and physics without the use of names to describe a theory or a théorème but rather use a descriptive one.

General relativity is indeed well named instead of Einstein relativity, Pythagorean’s theorem could become the rectangle triangle theorem ...

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It is referred to as Einstein gravity by some.