But his scientific reasoning and methods very much so. He carefully conjectured what could be observed e.g. binary stars in amassing data points. Naturally, in a logical progression, he looked for stars which behaved as if they were in a binary systems but the partner i.e. "dark stars" could not been seen because its mass would be so big that the finite speed of light couldn't "escape". Brilliant.
He, also, inherited Cavendish his "torsion balance" apparatus for measuring the mass of the earth for what later became the famous "Cavendish experiment" yielding an accurate measurement of the gravitational constant. The experimental basis for the advancement into the nature of gravity.
Quite impressive.
And he did not yell about it or seemed to care about what nowadays would be called the "impact factor".
His impact was quite of another nature.