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- ...the question undoubtedly is, or soon will be, not whether or no we shall employ notation in chemistry, but whether we shall… — William Whewell
- Perhaps we see equations as simple because they are easily expressed in terms of mathematical notation already invented at an earlier stage… — Murray Gell-Mann
- It is possible, of course, to operate with figures mechanically, just as it is possible to speak like a parrot: but that… — Gottlob Frege
- To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect. — Evan Parker
- The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those… — Ada Lovelace
- The reason it's worth standing up for punctuation is not that it's an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive… — Lynne Truss
- Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can… — Harold Budd
- Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret… — Michael Faraday