Science is a Relay Race

Published Jun 6, 2012 by ideonexus

History of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and Galileo took that flag over from Copernicus.

Mehmet Murat İldan, Galileo Galilei (2001)

Notes

Being handed off from scientist to scientist.

history
science

References

Galileo Galilei Book

Schemas

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Triples

Not related to other memes yet.

Watson’s reading

Tags generated by IBM Watson from the text. Percentages are its confidence.

People, places and things

Copernicus Person
Cicero City
Galileo Person
scientist Job Title
scientist. Job Title

Concepts

Heliocentrism YAGO DBpedia Freebase
Sun OpenCyc Freebase DBpedia
Relay race Freebase DBpedia
Cicero Freebase OpenCyc DBpedia
Plutarch DBpedia Freebase YAGO
Science DBpedia Freebase OpenCyc
Science in medieval Islam DBpedia
Galileo Galilei YAGO OpenCyc Freebase

Keywords

relay race, painter friend, flag, Copernicus, Plutarch, Cicero, Galileo, scientist, History, science, Aristarchus, Copernicus.