> Newton's remark was mostly a backhanded slur against Hooke, as far as can be told.
Could you expand on that? I am aware of the feud between the two, but I fail to see how this insults Hooke.
Could you expand on that? I am aware of the feud between the two, but I fail to see how this insults Hooke.
> This has recently been interpreted by a few writers as a sarcastic remark directed at Hooke's appearance.[8] Although Hooke was not of particularly short stature, he was of slight build and had been afflicted from his youth with a severe kyphosis. However, at this time Hooke and Newton were on good terms and had exchanged many letters in tones of mutual regard. Only later, when Robert Hooke criticized some of Newton's ideas regarding optics, Newton was so offended that he withdrew from public debate, and the two men remained enemies until Hooke's death.