Posted by robin on March 10, 19100 at 09:56:40:
In Reply to: sell me issac! posted by melissa on February 28, 19100 at 19:18:49:
I think it's pretty certain that the law of gravitation would have been worked-out around the same time even if newton had never existed. However, what is important is that there were many 'scientists' (natural philosophers/mathematicians)studying the same questions at that time.