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Latest revision as of 14:44, 3 June 2009
On the Shoulders of Giants
You feel as though you could describe the universe in a nutshell, or even write a brief history of time. The only unusual side effect is that your voice has taken on a strange monotone quality.
Mysticality +200%
Obtained From
- Hawking's Elixir of Brilliance (5-15 Adventures)
References
- On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy, written by Stephen Hawking, discusses some of the greatest works in physics by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton.
- Two books by Stephen Hawking are referred to here: The Universe in a Nutshell and A Brief History of Time.
- The "strange monotone quality" message refers to Stephen Hawking's use of a voice synthesizer to communicate.
- On the shoulders of giants refers to a famous Isaac Newton quote: "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.", referring to the contributions of great scientists such as Copernicus and Galileo to his own work. In actuality though, the earliest variant of this quote is attributed to Bernard of Chartres.
