PT105.S4.Q1

PrepTest 105 - Section 4 - Question 1

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Shortly after Isaac Newton circulated some of his theories of light in 1672, his colleague Robert Hooke claimed that most of those theories were based on Hooke's own work. █ ██████ ██████ █████ █████████ ████████ ██████ ████████ ███ █ ████ ████ ███████ ██ ██ ██ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████████ ██ █ ████████████ ███████ █████████████ ████████████ ██ █████ ███ █████ ████████████ ██████████ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ████████████ ████████ █████████████ ████████████ ████ ████████████████ ██ ███████ ████████ ███ ██ ███ ███ ████ █████████ ██ ████████ █████████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ███ ██ ████████████ ███████████

Summary

After Isaac Newton announced his theories of light, his colleague Robert Hooke claimed most of those theories were based on Hooke’s work. Newton famously commented “if I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulder of giants.” A modern reader may interpret this quote as acknowledging the contributions of Hooke and other scientists. However, those kinds of gestures were uncharacteristic of Newton, and in Newton’s day “giants” usually referred to the ancient Greeks.

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Newton probably did not intend his famous quote to give credit to Hooke and other scientists for his theories.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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