Tobias Dantzig - The importance of infinite processes for the practical exigencies of techni

The importance of infinite processes for the practical exigencies of technical life can hardly be overemphasized. Practically all applications of arithmetic to geometry, mechanics, physics and even statistics involve these processes directly and indirectly.

- Tobias Dantzig

source: Tobias Dantzig (2005). “Number: The Language of Science”, Dutton Juvenile

topic: Statistics, Physics, Infinite