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minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·2 months agoNewton’s work in optics → refraction and better lenses → the microscope →germ theory →vaccines. Well, he couldn’t have known that, but fascinating that he was inadvertently helping to solve disease. Just a few centuries ahead of being useful.
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoThis is what you can expect from a mathematician. Always ahead of the curve.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoAnd calculating the area beneath it.
Newton’s work in optics → refraction and better lenses → the microscope →germ theory →vaccines.
Well, he couldn’t have known that, but fascinating that he was inadvertently helping to solve disease. Just a few centuries ahead of being useful.
This is what you can expect from a mathematician. Always ahead of the curve.
And calculating the area beneath it.
And the slope within it