The first process therefore in the effectual study of science must be one of simplification and reduction of results of previous investigation to a form in which the mind can grasp them. The results of this simplification may take the form of a purely mathematical formula or of a physical hypothesis.


On Faraday's Lines of Force, Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1856

James Clerk Maxwell Quotes

The first process therefore in the effectual study of science must be one of simplification and reduction of results of previous investigation to a...

The first process therefore in the effectual study of science must be one of simplification and reduction of results of previous investigation to a...

The first process therefore in the effectual study of science must be one of simplification and reduction of results of previous investigation to a...

The first process therefore in the effectual study of science must be one of simplification and reduction of results of previous investigation to a...