Robert C. Merton has an entire little book on this expression, called On The Shoulders Of Giants. A nice read. Btw Newton said it but he didn't believe it.
--- Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> >
> >CB: Who was it said he stood on the shoulders of
> giants ?
> >
> >a) Tom Thumb
> >
> >b) Isaac Newton
> >
> >c) Karl Marx
> >
> >d) Jerry Rubin
>
>
> Newton. But he stole it from Bernard of Chartres.
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