“We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.]” NeedsShouldFirstsUseNamesScientistIncline Author:William Whewell
“...the question undoubtedly is, or soon will be, not whether or no we shall employ notation in chemistry, but whether we shall use a bad and incongruous, or a consistent and regular notation.” UseScienceConsistentChemistryConsistency Author:William Whewell
“Nobody since Newton has been able to use geometrical methods to the same extent for the like purposes; and as we read the Principia we feel as when we are in an ancient armoury where the weapons are of gigantic size; and as we look at them we marvel what manner of man he was who could use as a weapon what we can scarcely lift as a burden.” MenFeelsLooksHas BeensUseAblePurposeWeaponsMethodAncientSizeBurdenLiftsNewtonPrincipia Author:William Whewell
