▁person , ▁even ▁if ▁that ▁person ▁is ▁acknowled ged ▁by ▁histor ians ▁of ▁science ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁one ▁who ▁discovered ▁it . ▁O ften , ▁several ▁people ▁will ▁arrive ▁at ▁a ▁new ▁idea ▁around ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁calculus . ▁It ▁can ▁be ▁dependent ▁on ▁the ▁public ity ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁work ▁and ▁the ▁fame ▁of ▁its ▁publish er ▁as ▁to ▁whether ▁the ▁scient ist ' s ▁name ▁becomes ▁histor ically ▁associated . ▁ ▁Similar ▁concepts ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁similar ▁quote ▁attributed ▁to ▁Mark ▁Tw ain :" It ▁takes ▁a ▁thousand ▁men ▁to ▁invent ▁a ▁te legraph , ▁or ▁a ▁steam ▁engine , ▁or ▁a ▁ph on ograph , ▁or ▁a ▁photograph , ▁or ▁a ▁tele phone ▁or ▁any ▁other ▁important ▁thing ▁— ▁and ▁the ▁last ▁man ▁gets ▁the ▁credit ▁and ▁we ▁forget ▁the ▁others . ▁He ▁added ▁his ▁little ▁m ite ▁— ▁that ▁is ▁all ▁he ▁did . ▁These ▁object ▁less ons ▁should ▁teach ▁us ▁that ▁nin ety - n ine ▁parts ▁of ▁all ▁things ▁that ▁proceed ▁from ▁the ▁intellect ▁are ▁pl ag iar isms , ▁pure ▁and ▁simple ; ▁and ▁the ▁less on ▁ought ▁to ▁make ▁us ▁mod est . ▁But ▁nothing ▁can ▁do ▁that ." ▁ ▁Stephen ▁St ig ler ' s ▁father , ▁the ▁econom ist ▁George ▁St ig ler , ▁also ▁exam ined ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁discovery ▁in ▁econom ics . ▁He ▁said , ▁" If ▁an ▁earlier , ▁valid ▁statement ▁of ▁a ▁theory ▁falls ▁on ▁de af ▁ears , ▁and ▁a