All mathematicians stand, as Newton said he did, on the shoulders of giants, but few have come closer than Hermann Grassmann to creating, single-handedly, a new subject.
Lahat ng mathematicians stand, bilang Newton sinabi niya ay, sa mga balikat ng mga giants, ngunit may ilang mga darating mas malapit sa Hermann Grassmann sa paggawa, single-handedly, ng isang bagong paksa.