'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?'
The manner of Demoivre's death has a certain interest for psychologists. Shortly before it, he declared that it was necessary for him to sleep some t… - W. W. Rouse Ball
The manner of Demoivre's death has a certain interest for psychologists. Shortly before it, he declared that it was necessary for him to sleep some t…
- W. W. Rouse Ball
Biot, who assisted Laplace in revising it [The Mécanique Céleste] for the press, says that Laplace himself was frequently unable to recover the detai… - W. W. Rouse Ball
Biot, who assisted Laplace in revising it [The Mécanique Céleste] for the press, says that Laplace himself was frequently unable to recover the detai…
Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in writi… - W. W. Rouse Ball
Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in writi…
Babbage ... gave the name to the [Cambridge] Analytical Society, which he stated was formed to advocate 'the principles of pure d-ism as opposed to t… - W. W. Rouse Ball
Babbage ... gave the name to the [Cambridge] Analytical Society, which he stated was formed to advocate 'the principles of pure d-ism as opposed to t…
Foreshadowings of the principles and even of the language of [the infinitesimal] calculus can be found in the writings of Napier, Kepler, Cavalieri, … - W. W. Rouse Ball
Foreshadowings of the principles and even of the language of [the infinitesimal] calculus can be found in the writings of Napier, Kepler, Cavalieri, …
'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?' - W. W. Rouse Ball
For other great mathematicians or philosophers, he [Gauss] used the epithets magnus, or clarus, or clarissimus; for Newton alone he kept the prefix s… - W. W. Rouse Ball
For other great mathematicians or philosophers, he [Gauss] used the epithets magnus, or clarus, or clarissimus; for Newton alone he kept the prefix s…
Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics. - W. W. Rouse Ball
Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics.
De Morgan was explaining to an actuary what was the chance that a certain proportion of some group of people would at the end of a given time be aliv… - W. W. Rouse Ball
De Morgan was explaining to an actuary what was the chance that a certain proportion of some group of people would at the end of a given time be aliv…
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