“Nothing can be more fatal to progress than a too confident reliance on mathematical symbols; for the student is only too apt to take the easier course, and consider the formula not the fact as the physical reality.” FactsRealityCoursesProgressStudentsEasierSymbolsMathematicalFormulasReliance Author:Lord Kelvin
“The life and soul of science is its practical application, and just as the great advances in mathematics have been made through the desire of discovering the solution of problems which were of a highly practical kind in mathematical science, so in physical science many of the greatest advances that have been made from the beginning of the world to the present time have been made in the earnest desire to turn the knowledge of the properties of matter to some purpose useful to mankind.” WorldKindHas BeensMadeSoulMatterProblemScienceDesirePurposeTurnsKnowledgeMankindSolutionsMathematicsPropertyPracticalsMathematicalApplicationDiscoveringEarnestPresent TimePhysical ScienceProperties Of Matter Author:Lord Kelvin
“[Referring to Fourier's mathematical theory of the conduction of heat] ... Fourier's great mathematical poem.” ScienceTheoryMathematicalHeatBiographiesReferringFourier Author:Lord Kelvin
“Mathematics is the only good metaphysics.” NumbersMathematicsMathMathematicalMetaphysicsMath And ScienceMathematics And ScienceNumbers And MathMath LoveGood MathMath And Love Author:Lord Kelvin
