Henry John Stephen Smith Quote

Of all those branches of human knowledge which are comprehended under the name of Science, Arithmetic is that which has the most abstract character, and which, at the same time, is of the most universal application in the study of natural phenomena.


The Collected Mathematical Papers of Henry John Stephen Smith, (Volume 2), Appendix II (p. 691)


Of all those branches of human knowledge which are comprehended under the name of Science, Arithmetic is that which has the most abstract character,...

Of all those branches of human knowledge which are comprehended under the name of Science, Arithmetic is that which has the most abstract character,...

Of all those branches of human knowledge which are comprehended under the name of Science, Arithmetic is that which has the most abstract character,...

Of all those branches of human knowledge which are comprehended under the name of Science, Arithmetic is that which has the most abstract character,...