Physics shares with mathematics the advantages of succinct description and of brief, compendious definition, which precludes confusion, even in ideas where, with no apparent burdening of the brain, hosts of others are contained.


Translated by Thomas J. McCormack, Popular Scientific Lectures (2nd edition), The Economical Nature of Physical Inquiry (p. 197)


Physics shares with mathematics the advantages of succinct description and of brief, compendious definition, which precludes confusion, even in ideas ...

Physics shares with mathematics the advantages of succinct description and of brief, compendious definition, which precludes confusion, even in ideas ...

Physics shares with mathematics the advantages of succinct description and of brief, compendious definition, which precludes confusion, even in ideas ...

Physics shares with mathematics the advantages of succinct description and of brief, compendious definition, which precludes confusion, even in ideas ...