“…numerical precision is the very soul of science, and its attainment affords the best, perhaps the only criterion of the truth of theories and the correctness of experiments.” — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Copy Share Image
Cell and tissue, shell and bone, leaf and flower, are so many portions of matter, and it is in obedience to the laws of… — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Copy Share Image
We call a thing big or little with reference to what it is wont to be, as we speak of a small elephant or… — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Copy Share Image
The harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy… — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Copy Share Image
“…numerical precision is the very soul of science, and its attainment affords the best, perhaps the only criterion of the truth of theories and… — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Copy Share Image
Sagging wrinkles, hanging breasts and many another sign of age are part of gravitation's slow relentless handiwork. — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Copy Share Image
It is success that colours all in life, Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest. — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Copy Share Image
The perfection of mathematical beauty is such...that whatsoever is most beautiful and regular is also found to be most useful and excellent. — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Copy Share Image
