Talk:Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye/Rap Meanings/@comment-98.119.162.37-20140818005542

The line of Newton being "God's gift to mankind" could actually be a reference to the poet Alexander Pope's limerick tribute to him:

"Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night; God said "Let Newton be" and all was light."

Also, it seems that an equivalent solution to Newton's conundrum is x=1 if you rewrite int. secx dx = secx*[(secx + tanx)/(secx + tanx)]dx and use u-substitution. But maybe this is "illegal"; I have more studying to do.

Finally, Newton was considered humble in his day, the famous "Shoulders of Giants" quote comes from him.