Of possible quadruple algebras the one that had seemed to him by far the most beautiful and remarkable was practically identical with quaternions, and that he thought it most interesting that a calculus which so strongly appealed to the human… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
The branches of mathematics are as various as the sciences to which they belong, and each subject of physical enquiry has its appropriate mathematics.… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
There are many cases of these algebras which may obviously be combined into natural classes, but the consideration of this portion of the subject… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
What is man? ... What a strange union of matter and mind! A machine for converting material into spiritual force. — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
I presume that to the uninitiated the formulae will appear cold and cheerless; but let it be remembered that, like other mathematical formulae, they… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, as we study the universe we see everywhere the most tremendous manifestations of force. In our own experience we know of but one… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
Of possible quadruple algebras the one that had seemed to him by far the most beautiful and remarkable was practically identical with quaternions, and… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
