paragaster Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 The last Newtonian law of classical mechanics "To every action there is an equal but opposite reaction" was in fact formulated by an Arab. The law has been wrongly ascribed to Newton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 And? There are a number of ideas popularized by someone other than the originator. Also, multiple people can independently come up with an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eise Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 The last Newtonian law of classical mechanics "To every action there is an equal but opposite reaction" was in fact formulated by an Arab. The law has been wrongly ascribed to Newton. OK. And? Sources? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 The last Newtonian law of classical mechanics "To every action there is an equal but opposite reaction" was in fact formulated by an Arab. Citation needed. The law has been wrongly ascribed to Newton. "Stigler's law of eponymy ... states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKrettin Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Stigler's law of eponymy ... states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy I don't think Halley's comet is a good example. (not wanting to go off-topic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paragaster Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 (edited) I will try to furnish name of the Arab who gave this law. You, too can research this topic. Ibn Bajjah was his name. He gave a crude exposition of the law. Edited November 9, 2016 by paragaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I guess you are thinking of Ibn Bajjah. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world#Mechanics He obviously didn't formulate Newton's third law. But he got the general principle right. Ibn Sina and Al Biruni (who are better known, to me at least) also produced early versions of Newton's other laws. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampitump Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 And? There are a number of ideas popularized by someone other than the originator. Also, multiple people can independently come up with an idea. As was the case with Einstein and relativity right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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