"Newton liked working alone, but he didn’t do everything by himself. He built on ideas from scientists like Galileo and Kepler and had debates with people like Robert Hooke and Leibniz. Edmond Halley even encouraged him to publish Principia Mathematica. He was also influenced by earlier Arab scientists like Al-Khwarizmi, who developed algebra, and Ibn al-Haytham, whose work on optics helped shape Newton’s own studies of light. So, while he preferred solitude, his work was deeply connected to others."
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9 hours ago (edited)
Another mathematician, Leibniz, invented calculus in the same era Newton lived. Since Newton was the president of the Science Society, he was the only one, unfortunately, who was given credit. Later, they were forced to acknowledge Leibniz’s discovery as well.