But did Newton really have an invincible character? Because of the discovery of the law of gravity, Newton established absolute authority in the scientific community and became a celebrity with both fame and fortune. But Newton used his power to encroach on the fruits of other people's labor. At first, Newton proposed that the magnitude of gravity does not change with distance, but this view was opposed by Hooke. Hook wrote several letters to Newton to refute his point of view, citing a lot of evidence to prove that gravity is inversely proportional to distance.
In fact, Hooke was indeed right, and Newton finally adopted Hooke's point of view. But Newton not only deleted all references about Hooke, but also dissolved Hooke's laboratory and Hooke's library after Hooke's death, so that no one knew what Hooke really looked like.
Not only that, Newton also competed with Leibniz for the title of "founder of calculus". Both of them invented calculus in different ways almost at the same time. At first, they admired each other, but with the extensive introduction of calculus, Leibniz's reputation gradually surpassed Newton's. Newton became more and more unwilling, and even provoked his members of the Royal Society to make trouble, accusing Leibniz of plagiarizing Newton's achievements.
In other respects, Newton's character is also relatively poor. Newton was obsessed with alchemy around 1650, and his manuscript about alchemy was nearly 1 10,000 words. Newton served as director of the Royal Mint under the pretext of improving the precision of money production. William Chanalon, a counterfeit currency maker at that time, claimed that the manufacturing technology of the Royal Mint was not refined and could not produce standard currency that could prevent counterfeiting, which angered Newton. He used his power to attack Chanalon, and finally hanged Chanalon on eight counts.
Summary: Newton was a great physicist, astronomer and mathematician, but he really didn't do a good job in dealing with people. He used his power to attack contemporary scientists who had conflicts of interest with himself, and he was also addicted to money. It can even be said that Newton is the worst role.