伽利略说过“如果我看见的比笛卡尔更远一点，那是因为我是站在巨人肩上的缘故”吗？暂未搜到出处。一般认为牛顿说过If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants，类似的话最早的有12世纪Bernard of Chartres：we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants（见维基Standing on the shoulders of giants条等）