It is difficult to give an idea of the vast extent of modern mathematics. This word " extent " is not the right one : I mean extent crowded with beautiful detail — not an extent of mere uniformity such as an objectless plain, but of a tract of beautiful... The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley - Page 449by Arthur Cayley - 1896 - 664 pagesFull view - About this book
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1895 - 570 pages
...in the address : — " It is difficult to give an idea of the vast extent of modern mathematics. The word ' extent ' is not the right one : I mean extent...valley, stream, rock, wood, and flower. But, as for everything else, so for a mathematical theory — beauty can be perceived but not explained." But he... | |
| John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1883 - 880 pages
...has received from the hydrodynamical theory of vortex motion, and from the great physical theories of electricity, magnetism, and energy. It is difficult...valley, stream, rock, wood, and flower. But as for any thing else, so for a mathematical theory, — beauty can be perceived, but not explained. As for... | |
| Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1883 - 774 pages
...vast eictent of modern Mathematics. This word, ' extent,' is not the right one ; I mean extent erowded with beautiful detail— not an extent of mere uniformity,...flower. But as for anything else, so for a mathematical theory, beauty can be perceived, but not explained."— Froftssor Cay/ey in his Presidential Address... | |
| Gino Loria - Geometry - 1888 - 160 pages
...with beautiful detail — not an extent of mere uniformity such as an objectless plain, but of a traot of beautiful country seen at first in the distance,...hillside and valley, stream, rock, wood and flower." (Rede von Cayley i. J. 1883 vor der „British Association for the Advancement of Science" gehalten.)... | |
| Alfred Ewen Fletcher - Education - 1889 - 592 pages
...mathematical philosopher. The latter is apt to look on the vast extent of modern mathematics as 'an extent crowded with beautiful detail, not an extent...rambled through and studied in every detail of hillside anc valley, stream, rock, wood, and flower. The former looks upon the same tract with the view of developing... | |
| Alfred Ewen Fletcher - Education - 1892 - 582 pages
...detail, not an extent of mere uniformity, such as an objectless plain, but of a tract of beauti ful country seen at first in the distance, but which will...hillside and valley, stream, rock, wood, and flower.' ' The former looks upon the same tract with the view of developing its resources for the benefit, sustenance,... | |
| Alfred Ewen Fletcher - Education - 1892 - 580 pages
...detail, not an extent of mere uniformity, such as an objectless plain, but of a tract of beauti ful country seen at first in the distance, but which will...rambled through and studied in every detail of hillside a-ul valley, stream, rock, wood, and flower.' ' The former looks upon the same tract with the view... | |
| Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1893 - 476 pages
...give an idea of the vast extent of modern mathematics. This word ' extent' is not the right one : 1 mean extent crowded with beautiful detail, — not...hillside and valley, stream, rock, wood, and flower." It is pleasant to the mathematician to think that in his, as in no other science, the achievements... | |
| Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1893 - 478 pages
...an idea of the vast extent of modern mathematics. This word 'extent' is not the right one : I moan extent crowded with beautiful detail, — not an extent...hillside and valley, stream, rock, wood, and flower." It is pleasant to the mathematician to think that in his, as in no other science, the achievements... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1895 - 556 pages
...in the address : — " It is difficult to give an idea of the vast extent of modern mathematics. The word ' extent ' is not the right one : I mean extent...valley, stream, rock, wood, and flower. But, as for everything else, so for a mathematical theory — beauty can be perceived but not explained." But he... | |
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