“The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war.Quote by Simon NewcombTopics: Quotes about Simon NewcombShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable...#Simon Newcomb
One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement...#Simon Newcomb
A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college,...#Simon Newcomb
Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.#Simon Newcomb
What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under...#Simon Newcomb
I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to...#Simon Newcomb
