I am delighted to know that Principia Mathematica can now be done by machinery. . . I am quite willing to believe… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I esteem his understanding and subtlety highly, but I consider that they have been put to ill use in the greater part… — Christiaan Huygens Copy Share Image
“The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability.… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
Nobody since Newton has been able to use geometrical methods to the same extent for the like purposes; and as we read… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
In science its main worth is temporary, as a stepping-stone to something beyond. Even [Newton's] Principia ... is truly but the beginning… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
“It is good to recall that three centuries ago, around the year 1660, two of the greatest monuments of modern history were… — Abdus Salam Copy Share Image
