John of Salisbury records that the metaphor about these objects was first introduced in a book by Bernard of Chartres.
John of Salisbury records that the metaphor about these objects was first introduced in a book by Bernard of Chartres. A 2003 book named for these objects provides translations and commentaries of On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres, Dialogues Concerning Two Chief World Systems, and other texts. That book was compiled by Stephen Hawking. A modern attempt to track down the origins of the phrase that discusses these objects suggests that Didacus Stella was the first to employ them as a metaphor. That book, which was written in the style of Tristram Shandy, is also titled for these objects and was written by Robert Merton. The first modern use of the phrase describing these objects appeared in a letter to Robert Hooke about the necessity of the achievements of Descartes and punned on the author's theory of vision introduced in his Opticks. For 10 points, Isaac Newton famously stated that the only reason he saw further was by standing atop of what large body parts?
John of Salisbury records that the metaphor about these objects was first introduced in a book by Bernard of Chartres.
standing on the shoulders of giants [prompt on partial answers; accept equivalents]