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The idea that Newton was the first modern scientist is wrong: he was a transitional hybrid, part superstitious and part modern.

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  1. Michael Nielsen Physicist, writer and researcher
    And like, this idea that people have that that that Newton was um sort of the the first modern scientist is is somehow wrong. He I mean, it's there's some truth to it, but he really had this very different way um of of looking at the world that was part sort of superstitious um and part modern. It was a funny hybrid.

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