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| − | '''Credit for inventions''' often goes to "the last link in the chain",<ref> 'During this time of "independent" invention, it was often the last link in the chain that got credit.' [http://www.livescience.com/history/090804-american-innovation-history.html]</ref> but rarely has anyone invented anything all by himself. As Newton said, "If I have seen further … it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." [http://alumnimag.lipscomb.edu/archive.asp?SID=150&ca_key=36&co_key=13277] | + | '''Credit for inventions''' often goes to "the last link in the chain",<ref> 'During this time of "independent" invention, it was often the last link in the chain that got credit.' [http://www.livescience.com/history/090804-american-innovation-history.html]</ref> but rarely has anyone invented anything all by himself. As Newton said, "If I have seen further … it is by standing on the [[shoulders of giants]]." [http://alumnimag.lipscomb.edu/archive.asp?SID=150&ca_key=36&co_key=13277] |
Revision as of 13:05, October 21, 2009
Credit for inventions often goes to "the last link in the chain",[1] but rarely has anyone invented anything all by himself. As Newton said, "If I have seen further … it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." [1]