History of Science and Mathematics
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Did Michel Rolle say that the calculus is "a collection of ingenious fallacies"?
Nov 24, 2018
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Why is there little scholarship devoted to Book II of Newton's Principia?
Apr 1, 2019
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Is Koestler's ‘The Sleepwalkers’ still well regarded? Is there a more recent similar source?
Mar 1
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What was the notion of limit that Newton used?
May 9, 2019
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Was English mathematics behind Europe by many years because of Newton's notation?
Sep 18, 2018
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Who first derived $a =v^2/r$
Apr 22, 2018
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Is Newton going to be the new Aristotle?
Mar 24, 2019
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Has a stereotypical "mad scientist" ever made a significant discovery?
Mar 10, 2019
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What calculation did Halley or anyone else do to estimate the effects of Jupiter and Saturn on Halley's comet's return in 1758/9?
Mar 11, 2019
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When was the airless void above the earth discovered?
Jun 3, 2017
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How did theorists determine that the atmosphere attenuates enough to support unpowered orbits?
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Is it ethical to slightly improve upon someone's unpublished work posted in arxiv and publish before the original work?
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My supervisor wants me to sign an acknowledgement that I will not be listed as an author after I graduate. Can authorship be signed away like this?
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How to calculate the planets and moons beyond Newtons's gravitational force?
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Why doesn't the EU now just force the UK to choose between referendum and no-deal?

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