Re: Reconsidering Halton Arp

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>> >Archimedes was a remarkable engineer and mathematician.  Pretty much
>> >nothing is known about whether he was a very good scientist.  By at
>> >least one canon of science, he was miserable: he kept his discoveries
>> >a secret.
>> 
>> Ptui.  How do you know that?  I was in the computer biz.  We
>> did not document the obvious.  Now that obvious is gone and
>> today's developers are "rediscovering" the knowledge all over again.
>
>He was famous for keeping them secret.  His engineering triumphs were
>military secrets.  
>
Well, hi buyoancy law wasn't secret and it was good science.  Same for 
the lever rule.  That's alone qutie enough to be considered great 
scientist.  How many other scientists of that time you know whose 
results are still routinely used today.

As for engineering, this was usually secret throughout history.  
Especially engineering possessing military applications.

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