Simon Newcomb Quote

As frequently happens in history of science, the first discoverer of a new field has himself to be discovered by antiquarian research.

In: David Eugene Smith and Jekuthiel Ginsburg, A History of Mathematics before 1900

As frequently happens in history of science, the first discoverer of a new field has himself to be discovered by antiquarian research.

As frequently happens in history of science, the first discoverer of a new field has himself to be discovered by antiquarian research.

As frequently happens in history of science, the first discoverer of a new field has himself to be discovered by antiquarian research.

As frequently happens in history of science, the first discoverer of a new field has himself to be discovered by antiquarian research.