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RE: Another scientist would discover electricity, just a little later.
Posted by Tony Lauck on March 3, 2011 at 15:27:32:
Cute quote, but then there's "I can hire mathematicians at $15 a week but they can't hire me." - Thomas Edison
All of which proves that Edison was more a businessman than anything else. However, when it comes to simultaneous invention the situation is the same with mathematicians. There are many examples, e.g. the invention of calculus by Newton and Leibniz.