Balfour Stewart quotes

Balfour Stewart quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I do not think the division of the subject into two parts - into applied mathematics and experimental physics a good one, for natural philosophy without experiment is merely mathematical exercise, while experiment without mathematics will neither sufficiently discipline the mind or sufficiently extend our knowledge in a subject like physics.”
-- Balfour Stewart

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“It is not impossible to suppose that in this case our luminary was taken in the act...”
-- Balfour Stewart

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