Re: Been in the museum where they have this object
It's thought that by "giants" he may have meant "people taller than Hooke", who quarrelled with Newton and seems to have been short
It's also thought that in spite of being widely attributed the Newton in popular culture, the quote itself has basically f###all to do with him specifically, having been first written down at least half a century eariler.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
