Which giants might Newton have been referring to when he said "If I have seen further than others it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

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Born in braintree (present-day quincy),  massachusetts, on october 30, 1735, john adams was the oldest of john and susanna boylston adams’ three sons. the elder adams was a farmer and shoemaker who also served as a congregationalist deacon and an official in local government