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Quote by William Ernest Bowman

“The various estimates of the height of the true summit vary considerably, but by taking an average of these figures it is possible to say confidently that the summit of Rum Doodle is 40,000 1/2 feet above sea level.”

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William Ernest Bowman

William Ernest Bowman, born on September 30, 1911, and died on January 1, 1985, was a renowned American writer known for his unique literary style and profound insights into human nature. more

“It has been a fortunate fact in the modern history of physical science that the scientist constructing a new theoretical system has nearly always found that the mathematics. . . required. . . had already been worked out by pure mathematicians for their own amusement. . . . The moral for statesmen would seem to be that, for proper scientific "planning", pure mathematics should be endowed fifty years ahead of scientists.”

“How is it possible to suspend topaz in one cup of the balance and weigh it against amethyst in the other; or who in a single language can compare the tranquillizing grace of a maiden with the invigorating pleasure of witnessing a well-contested rat-fight?”

Wells Fighting Language Pleasure Grace Balance Cups Compare Statistics Rats Maidens Invigorating Amethyst Topaz

Book:ERNEST BRAMAH Ultimate Collection: 20+ Novels & Short Stories (Including Max Carrados Mysteries and Kai Lung Fantasy Stories): The Secret of the League, The Coin of Dionysius, The Game Played In the Dark, The Tilling Shaw Mystery, Kai Lung's Golden Hours, The Confession of Kai Lung, The Mirror of Kong Ho and many more

Source: ERNEST BRAMAH Ultimate Collection: 20+ Novels & Short Stories (Including Max Carrados Mysteries and Kai Lung Fantasy Stories): The Secret of the League, The Coin of Dionysius, The Game Played In the Dark, The Tilling Shaw Mystery, Kai Lung's Golden Hours, The Confession of Kai Lung, The Mirror of Kong Ho and many more

“Historians will consider this a dark age. Science historians can read Galileos technical correspondence from the 1590s but not Marvin Minskys from the 1960s.”

Age Dark Statistics Historian 1960s Dark Ages Correspondence Marvin

Book:The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility

Source: The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility

“I do not believe in things. I believe in relationships.”

Believe I Believe I Believe In Statistics

Author:Georges Braque

“The basis for poetry and scientific discovery is the ability to comprehend the unlike in the like and the like in the unlike.”

Art Ability Beauty Discovery Bases Statistics Aesthetic Scientific Discovery

Author:Jacob Bronowski

“No one can tell time except approximately, time never stands still to be named.”

Stills Statistics