Pure mathematics offers no mercenary inducements to its followers, who is attracted to it by the importance and beauty of the truths in contains; and the complete absence of any material advantage to be gained by means of it, adds perhaps another charm to its study.
Pure mathematics offers no mercenary inducements to its followers, who is attracted to it by the importance and beauty of the truths in contains; and… - James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
Pure mathematics offers no mercenary inducements to its followers, who is attracted to it by the importance and beauty of the truths in contains; and…
- James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
The mathematician requires tact and good taste at every step of his work, and he has to learn to trust to his own instinct to distinguish between wha… - James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
The mathematician requires tact and good taste at every step of his work, and he has to learn to trust to his own instinct to distinguish between wha…
[Lockyer]... sometimes forgets he is only the editor and not the author of Nature. [Lockyer was the first editor of Nature.] - James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
[Lockyer]... sometimes forgets he is only the editor and not the author of Nature. [Lockyer was the first editor of Nature.]
[Lord Brougham's writings on the bee's cell contain] as striking examples of bad reasoning as are often to be met with in writings related to mathema… - James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
[Lord Brougham's writings on the bee's cell contain] as striking examples of bad reasoning as are often to be met with in writings related to mathema…
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