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Isaac Newton was not a pleasant man. His relations with other academics were notorious, with most of his later life spent embroiled in heated disputes. Following publication of Principia Mathematica--surely the most influential book ever written in physics--Newton had risen rapidly into public prominence. He was appointed president of the Royal Society and became the first scientist ever to be knighted.
Newton soon clashed with the Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, who had earlier provided Newton with much needed data for Principia, but was now withholding information that Newton wanted. Newton would not take no for an answer; he had himself appointed to the governing body of the Royal Observatory and then tried to force immediate publication of the data. Eventually he arranged for Flamsteed’ s work to he seized and prepared for publication by Flamsteed’ s mortal enemy, Edmond Halley. But Flamsteed took the case to court, in the nick of t
A. Newton didn' t understand why Flamsteed did so
B. Newton cared little about what Flamsteed did
C. Newton could do nothing without the information
D. Newton would not accept the refusal of Flamsteed
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