Isaac Newton vs. Robert Hooke on the law of universal gravitation

Nicolae Sfetcu

Mar 2019 · MultiMedia Publishing

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One of the most disputed controversy over the priority of scientific discoveries is that of the law of universal gravitation, between Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke. Hooke accused Newton of plagiarism, of taking over his ideas expressed in previous works. In this paper I try to show, on the basis of previous analysis, that both scientists were wrong: Robert Hooke because his theory was basically only ideas that would never have materialized without Isaac Newton's mathematical support; and the latter was wrong by not recognizing Hooke's ideas in drawing up the theory of gravity. Moreover, after Hooke's death and taking over the Royal Society presidency, Newton removed from the institution any trace of the former president Robert Hooke. For this, I detail the accusations and arguments of each of the parts, and how this dispute was perceived by the contemporaries of the two scientists. I finish the paper with the conclusions drawn from the contents.
 
 Keywords: Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, law of gravity, priority, plagiarism
 
 CONTENTS
 
 Abstract
 Introduction
 Robert Hooke's contribution to the law of universal gravitation
 Isaac Newton's contribution to the law of universal gravitation
 Robert Hooke's claim of his priority on the law of universal gravitation
 Newton's defense
 The controversy in the opinion of other contemporary scientists
 What the supporters of Isaac Newton say
 What the supporters of Robert Hooke say
 Conclusions
 Bibliography
 
 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19370.26567

  

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 Initiator, cofounder and ex-president of Romanian Teleworking Society
 
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 Physicist engineer - Bachelor of Physics, Major Nuclear Physics. Training for a master's degree in Philosophy of science.
 
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