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by MrDrDr 380 days ago
Newton also (allegedly) lost Hooke’s portrait when the Royal Society moved. The two did not get on.
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hermitcrab 380 days ago
Newton also used (abused) his position as head of the Royal Society to wage a long and bitter feud with Leibnitz over who invented calculus.

Newton was undoubtedly:

a) One of the greatest geniuses who ever lived.

b) A total shit.

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