“A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the matter.Quote by Simon NewcombTopics: Quotes about Simon NewcombShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics...#Simon Newcomb
Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.#Simon Newcomb
My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school...#Simon Newcomb
I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to...#Simon Newcomb
What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under...#Simon Newcomb
Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse,...#Simon Newcomb
