Earlier this year, at the University of Cambridge, Steven Weinberg gave a talk at the Tercentenary Celebration of Newton's Principia. This is what he said.
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Weinberg, S. Newtonianism, reductionism and the art of congressional testimony. Nature 330, 433–437 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/330433a0
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