It was his math contributions people liked. Particularly his invention of calculus which could be used to solve a plethora of unsolved math problems. It's not because he said things fell.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Isaac Newton invented meth????

[–] Eiim@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

On the other hand, spontaneous generation was very much still a thing at this point, so a lot of the basic rules of the world around us were really not worked out yet

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

it was not discredited until the work of the French chemist Louis Pasteur and the Irish physicist John Tyndall in the mid-19th century.

There was a post on lemmy the other day about things that get their names from real people. I forgot that "pasteurize" was also one

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

gerrymander is always a weird one, I dunno if flanderization counts but I'll just leave it here

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Defini-diddilly does, Lemmarino!

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I love that Newton had to invent calculus twice, because he was trying to teach it to someone else and they weren't getting it, so Isaac got frustrated and threw the only copy of his notes into the lit fireplace.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 14 points 8 months ago

It turned out in his favour, because he then discovered that if you throw things in a fire, they burn.