“The instant the atmosphere is illuminated it will be filled with an infinite number of images which are produced by the various bodies and colours assembled in it. And the eye is the target, a lodestone, of these images.” BodyEyeNumbersInfiniteFilledVariousAtmosphereInstantColourTarget Book:Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
“The mathematical thermology created by Fourier may tempt us to hope that, as he has estimated the temperature of the space in which we move, me may in time ascertain the mean temperature of the heavenly bodies: but I regard this order of facts as for ever excluded from our recognition. We can never learn their internal constitution, nor, in regard to some of them, how heat is absorbed by their atmosphere. We may therefore define Astronomy as the science by which we discover the laws of the geometrical and mechanical phenomena presented by the heavenly bodies.” MayMeanFactsBodyMovingLawOrderSpaceConstitutionRegardAstronomyRecognitionMathematicalAtmosphereHeatInternalsHeavenlyTemperatureExcludedHeavenly BodiesFourier Book:The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte Source: The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte
“The formation in geological time of the human body by the laws of physics (or any other laws of similar nature), starting from a random distribution of elementary particles and the field is as unlikely as the separation of the atmosphere into its components. The complexity of the living things has to be present within the material, from which they are derived, or in the laws, governing their formation.” HumansBodyLawFieldsMaterialsStartingPhysicsSeparationAtmosphereComplexityDistributionComponentsUnlikelyHuman BodyParticlesLiving ThingsGoverningFormationLaws Of PhysicsGeological Time Author:Kurt Gödel
“I am persuaded that we are all surrounded by an atmosphere - a separate, sensitive, distinct envelope extending some distance from our visible persons - and whenever my invisible atmosphere is invaded, it affects my whole nervous system. The proximity of any bodies but those I love best is unendurable to my body.” PersonsWholeBodyLove IsDistanceInvisibleNervousAtmosphereSensitiveVisiblePrivacyNervous SystemExtendingEnvelopesProximityUnendurable Author:Fanny Kemble