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“A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.”

Book:Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated)

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Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated)

The Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated) is a comprehensive compilation of Newton's seminal scientific and mathematical writings. This illustrated edition includes his laws of motion, universal gravitation, and contributions to calculus, presented in a format that is both informative and visually engaging. more

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Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, considered one of the greatest scientists in history. He made significant contributions to physics, mathematics, and astronomy, particularly with his three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. Newton's work had a profound impact on the development of modern science and engineering. more

“This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. And if the fixed stars are the centres of other like systems, these, being formed by the like wise counsel, must be all subject to the dominion of One; especially since the light of the fixed stars is of the same nature with the light of the sun.”

Ifs Light Beautiful Stars Powerful Sun Wise Subjects Planets Intelligent Fixed Centre Dominion Comets Wise Counsel

Book:Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated)

“But though the professed aim of all scientific work is to unravel the secrets of nature, it has another effect, not less valuable, on the mind of the worker. It leaves him in possession of methods which nothing but scientific work could have led him to invent.”

Mind Secret Effects Aim Method Workers Possession Valuable

Book:The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell

Source: The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell

“In our work, we are always between Scylla and Charybdis; we may fail to abstract enough, and miss important physics, or we may abstract too much and end up with fictitious objects in our models turning into real monsters that devour us.”

May Important Real Ends Enough Too Much Failing Missing Objects Models Physics Monsters Abstract Charybdis Scylla

Book:Murray Gell-Mann: Selected Papers

Source: Murray Gell-Mann: Selected Papers