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Mathematics is to an engineer what anatomy is to a surgeon, what chemistry is to an apothecary, what the drill is to an army officer.

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One does not know a foreign language unless on is able to think in that language; one does not know mathematics unless one is able to think mathematically.

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Mathematics higher than the calculus is of small value to the engineer, except possibly as a training for the mind...

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John Alexander Low Waddell

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Born: 1854
Died: March 3, 1938 (aged 84)
Bio: John Alexander Low Waddell was an American civil engineer and prolific bridge designer, with more than a thousand structures to his credit in the United States, Canada, as well as Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, and New Zealand.
Known for:
  1. De pontibus (1898)
  2. Addresses to engineering students (1911)
  3. Memoirs and addresses of two decades (1928)
  4. Specifications for Steel Bridges (1900)

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