William Rowan Hamilton Quote

Astronomers... if they would be more than mere artisans, must be more or less mathematicians, and must separately study the mathematical grounds of their science...


Report of the Fifth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Address by Sir William Hamilton (p. xliii)


Astronomers... if they would be more than mere artisans, must be more or less mathematicians, and must separately study the mathematical grounds of...

Astronomers... if they would be more than mere artisans, must be more or less mathematicians, and must separately study the mathematical grounds of...

Astronomers... if they would be more than mere artisans, must be more or less mathematicians, and must separately study the mathematical grounds of...

Astronomers... if they would be more than mere artisans, must be more or less mathematicians, and must separately study the mathematical grounds of...