Who was the more important to science Darwin or Newton?
Darwin
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Evolution is like the discovery of gravity, only non-obvious. Evolution is the backbone of biology, and future advances in technology which incorporate things like neuronetworks and better human life through the elimination of diseases. Newton helped developed calculus, and basic physics, so well a broader material rests on his discoveries, they are less directly applied to human well being. Newton's theories are easier to replicate and redescover than Darwin, which makes Darwin's more important. Side: Darwin
Newtonian physics is the backbone of any and all applied physics of modern science (Einstein and Bohr being more significant in theoretical, quantum, physics). Just because Darwin is the backbone of biological classification doesn't mean he is of any importance overall. People were already very accurately identifying species but Darwin was the first to offer a legitimate reason for similarities and differences between species. Side: Newton
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The things he did for physics far outweigh what Darwin did for biology (though both did phenomenal things, but Darwin was more phenomenal as a person and Newton as a scientist). Another argument in favour of this side is that what Darwin contributed was far more philosophically and legally valuable than scientifically valuable. Side: Newton
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