Henry John Stephen Smith Quote

Next to the science of number, the science of space is that which is at once the most abstract, and admits of the most universal application to the study of natural phenomena. Everything that takes place takes place in space; and thus Geometry, or the science of space, necessarily intervenes in all exact observation of events.


The Collected Mathematical Papers of Henry John Stephen Smith, (Volume 2), Appendix III (p. 698)


Next to the science of number, the science of space is that which is at once the most abstract, and admits of the most universal application to the...

Next to the science of number, the science of space is that which is at once the most abstract, and admits of the most universal application to the...

Next to the science of number, the science of space is that which is at once the most abstract, and admits of the most universal application to the...

Next to the science of number, the science of space is that which is at once the most abstract, and admits of the most universal application to the...