The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and the statesman.
I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done. My feelings on this subject have very much altered… - Francois Arago
I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done. My feelings on this subject have very much altered…
- Francois Arago
The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and t… - Francois Arago
The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and t…
Such is the privilege of genius; it perceives, it seizes relations where vulgar eyes see only isolated facts. - Francois Arago
Such is the privilege of genius; it perceives, it seizes relations where vulgar eyes see only isolated facts.
The ancients had a taste, let us say rather a passion, for the marvellous, which caused grouping together the lofty deeds of a great number of heroes… - Francois Arago
The ancients had a taste, let us say rather a passion, for the marvellous, which caused grouping together the lofty deeds of a great number of heroes…
Euler calculated without effort, just as men breathe, as eagles sustain themselves in the air. - Francois Arago
Euler calculated without effort, just as men breathe, as eagles sustain themselves in the air.
In the experimental sciences, the epochs of the most brilliant progress are almost always separated by long intervals of almost absolute repose. - Francois Arago
In the experimental sciences, the epochs of the most brilliant progress are almost always separated by long intervals of almost absolute repose.
Let us award a just, a brilliant homage to those rare men whom nature has endowed with the precious privilege of arranging a thousand isolated facts,… - Francois Arago
Let us award a just, a brilliant homage to those rare men whom nature has endowed with the precious privilege of arranging a thousand isolated facts,…
To get to know, to discover, to publish-this is the destiny of a scientist. - Francois Arago
To get to know, to discover, to publish-this is the destiny of a scientist.
A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which creates new … - Francois Arago
A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which creates new …
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