>>11360080He showed that it is caused by Coriolis force in rivers running from north to south or south to north, respectively.
>>11360542Yes, but who saw the bigger picture and put it all together and most importantly, made sense of it?
Science is always done standing on the shoulder of giants. You're just looking for straws to hold on to for criticizing people of high intellect to appear knowledgeable and edgy.
>>11361201True, that's why I mentioned it was difficult to decide between the two. The communication all over Europe was done by snail mail though. Tedious and time-consuming.