On the Shoulders of Giants
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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.
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Obtained From
- Hawking's Elixir of Brilliance (5/10 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.
- Standing on the shoulders of giants refers a famous Isaac Newton quote: "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." In actuality though, the earliest variant of this quote is attributed to Bernard of Chartres.
