“Within a week of publication, Humphry Davy dealt his mentee a devastating blow by accusing Faraday of plagiarism.”
Faraday built the first electric motor out of a dish of mercury, a magnet and a wire. It was a parlor trick, and people bought pocket versions as novelty gifts. His mentor’s response was to accuse him of theft for not crediting a friend. Two centuries later the motor runs the world and academic credit fights run exactly the same way.