"'My dear friend, that must be a delusion,……" — W. W. Rouse Ball
"'My dear friend, that must be a delusion, what can a circle have to do with the number of people alive at a given time?'"
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10 Quotes by W. W. Rouse Ball
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Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the…
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Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics. ...
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[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers…
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Foreshadowings of the principles and even of the language of [the infinitesimal] calculus can be found in the writings of…
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The manner of Demoivre's death has a certain interest for psychologists. Shortly before it, he declared that it was necessary…
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For other great mathematicians or philosophers, he [Gauss] used the epithets magnus, or clarus, or clarissimus; for Newton alone he…
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De Morgan was explaining to an actuary what was the chance that a certain proportion of some group of people…
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Biot, who assisted Laplace in revising it [The Mécanique Céleste] for the press, says that Laplace himself was frequently unable…
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Babbage ... gave the name to the [Cambridge] Analytical Society, which he stated was formed to advocate 'the principles of…
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There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the…
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I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
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The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up…
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me…
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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express…
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My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful…
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As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then…
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The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I…
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