... a series of harsh controversies throughout his life. His reaction toward criticism was irrational. The first one began right after his first public contribution about nature of light. His paper was well received but Hooke and Huygens didn't agree with Newton's attempt to prove light consist of the ... on publishing his research on optics until after the death of Hook. Another dispute occurred when Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz began to publish papers about calculus almost twenty years after Newton's discoveries. It began by rumors saying Legbniz borrowed ideas from Newton and rushed them in...

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