Full Idea
Newton introduced a very new and strange hypothesis by assuming a force that acted over a long distance.
Gist of Idea
Newton's idea of force acting over a long distance was very strange
Source
comment on Isaac Newton (Principia Mathematica [1687]) by Werner Heisenberg - Physics and Philosophy 06
Book Reference
Heisenberg,Werner: 'Physics and Philosophy' [Penguin 1989], p.83
A Reaction
Why would a force that acted over a short distance be any less mysterious?
Related Idea
Idea 17548 Maxwell introduced real fields, which transferred forces from point to point [Heisenberg]