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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 50 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Newton's work in optics → refraction and better lenses → the microscope →germ theory →vaccines.

Well, he couldn't have known that, but fascinating that he was inadvertently helping to solve disease. Just a few centuries ahead of being useful.

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is what you can expect from a mathematician. Always ahead of the curve.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And calculating the area beneath it.

[–] gooballer@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

And the slope within it