牛顿那个“站在巨人的肩膀上”的名言的全文是什么？我知道的部分“如果说我看得比别人更远些，那是因为我站在巨人的肩膀上。”前面应该还有一部分什么“在海边捡贝壳的孩子”之类
牛顿那个“站在巨人的肩膀上”的名言的全文是什么？
我知道的部分“如果说我看得比别人更远些，那是因为我站在巨人的肩膀上。”前面应该还有一部分什么“在海边捡贝壳的孩子”之类的。上物理课的时候老师说过这一整段，但是没有记住。
我不知道在别人看来，我是什么样的人；但在我自己看来，我不过就象是一个在海滨玩耍的小孩，为不时发现比寻常更为光滑的一块卵石或比寻常更为美丽的一片贝壳而沾沾自喜，而对于展现在我面前的浩瀚的真理的海洋，却全然没有发现。
——牛顿
如果说我比别人看得更远些,那是因为我站在了巨人的肩上.
——牛顿
fromthesameprinciples,InowdemonstratetheframeoftheSystemoftheWorld.
PrincipiaMathematica.
Hypothesesnonfingo.
Ifeignnohypotheses.
PrincipiaMathematica.
Toexplainallnatureistoodifficultataskforanyonemanorevenforanyoneage.`Tismuchbettertodoalittlewithcertainty,andleavetherestforothersthatcomeafteryou,thantoexplainallthings.
QuotedinGSimmonsCalculusGems(NewYork1992).
Thedescriptionofrightlinesandcircles,uponwhichgeometryisfounded,belongstomechanics.Geometrydoesnotteachustodrawtheselines,butrequiresthemtobedrawn.
PrincipiaMathematica.
Thelatestauthors,likethemostancient,strovetosubordinatethephenomenaofnaturetothelawsofmathematics.
[Hisepitaph:]
Who,byvigorofmindalmostdivine,themotionsandfiguresoftheplanets,thepathsofcomets,andthetidesoftheseasfirstdemonstrated.
IfIhavebeenabletoseefurther,itwasonlybecauseIstoodontheshouldersofgiants.
LettertoRobertHooke
IknownotwhatIappeartotheworld,buttomyselfIseemtohavebeenonlylikeaboyplayingonthesea-shore,anddivertingmyselfinnowandthenfindingasmootherpebbleoraprettiershell,whilestthegreatoceanoftruthlayallundiscoveredbeforeme.
QuotedinDBrewster,MemoirsofNewton
NumeropondereetmensuraDeusomniacondidit
Godcreatedeverythingbynumber,weightandmeasure.
Iwillnotdefinetime,space,placeandmotion,asbeingwellknowntoall.
PrincipiaMathematica
Ihavenotbeenabletodiscoverthecauseofthosepropertiesofgravityfromphenomena,andIframenohypotheses;forwhateverisnotdeducedfromthephenomenaistobecalledahypothesis,andhypotheses,whethermetaphysicalorphysical,whetherofoccultqualitiesormechanical,havenoplaceinexperimentalphilosophy.
Truthisevertobefoundinthesimplicity,andnotinthemultiplicityandconfusionofthings.
Arenotgrossbodiesandlightconvertibleintooneanother;andmaynotbodiesreceivemuchoftheiractivityfromtheparticlesoflightwhichenterintotheircomposition?Thechangingofbodiesintolight,andlightintobodies,isveryconformabletothecourseofNature,whichseemsdelightedwithtransmutations.
Intheabsenceofanyotherproof,thethumbalonewouldconvincemeofGod'sexistence.
QuotedinDesMacHale,Wisdom(London,2002).