Mathematical Quote by James Jeans

One must stand stiller than still. On reverse time travel.

— James Jeans

...to many it is not knowledge but the quest for knowledge that gives greater interest to thought-to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

— James Jeans

Kant, discussing the various modes of perception by which the human mind apprehends nature, concluded that it is specially prone to see nature through…

— James Jeans

Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.

— James Jeans

Humanity is at the very beginning of its existence-a new-born babe, with all the unexplored potentialities of babyhood; and until the last few moments…

— James Jeans

We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence…

— James Jeans

“If we assume that the last breath of, say, Julius Caesar has by now become thoroughly scattered through the atmosphere, then the chances are…

— James Jeans

The plain fact is that there are no conclusions. If we must state a conclusion, it would be that many of the former conclusions…

— James Jeans

The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.[make the best of what…

— James Jeans

Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.

— James Jeans

From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

— James Jeans

Sciences usually advances by a succession of small steps, through a fog in which even the most keen-sighted explorer can seldom see more than…

— James Jeans