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newton left behind about 10,000,000 words of notes, writing, papers 5m was religious 1m was alchemy 1m was related to his work as Master of the Mint 3m about math and science https://t.co/DVcGrcCV5Y
newton would copy stuff over and over. sarah dry, who wrote a book about this, said that the dudes who inherited newton's papers might've been disappointed that he spent so much time making copies fools!! everything is a remix! all learning begins with imitation! https://t.co/3HrZ6o3PTM
the fact that newton sat around making many personal copies of other people's work should not be disappointing, it should be EXCITING he was human too like the rest of us!! https://t.co/KyIMufSD2B
feels like there's probably a very interesting thread to explore here about what Keynes thought about Newton https://t.co/VHhnyhSUtY
