As you work on the first assignment you happen to find a book that has a really good chapter on your topic.
While trying to use the chapter as a source your text ends up being rather close to the original. In the worst case this could be considered plagiarism.
One passage that you are particularly worried about reads like this in the book:
”Sir Isaac Newton was an English theologian and scientist who revolutionized our understanding of the world in the late 17th century.
He contributed greatly to astronomy, mathematics and mechanics. Among other things, he invented differential calculus, which was not only a novel contribution to mathematics, but also a new and powerful tool for physicists.
Although Newton was for a long time celebrated as the inventor of this theory, it actually has two inventors, as Leibniz developed the same theory in parallel with Newton, though none of them knew what the other one was doing.”
In your assignment you have written the following:
”Isaac Newton revolutionized our understanding of the world in the late-17th century.
He was an English theologian and scientist who contributed greatly to physics, astronomy and mathematics.
For instance, he invented a new mathematical technique which soon became a powerful tool for physicists.
Although Newton was for a long time celebrated as the inventor of this theory – called differential calculus – some authors claim that it actually has two inventors.
Apparently, the German philosopher and mathematician Leibniz developed the same theory in parallel with Newton, although neither of them knew this.”
The text was modified, and there is a good chance that the plagiarism detection software will not see it as plagiarism.
What do you do?
