William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Quote

A single curve, drawn in the manner of the curve of prices of cotton, describes all that the ear can possibly hear as a result of the most complicated musical performances.... That to my mind is a wonderful proof of the potency of mathematics.


In: E.T. Bell, Men of Mathematics (p. xvi)


A single curve, drawn in the manner of the curve of prices of cotton, describes all that the ear can possibly hear as a result of the most...

A single curve, drawn in the manner of the curve of prices of cotton, describes all that the ear can possibly hear as a result of the most...

A single curve, drawn in the manner of the curve of prices of cotton, describes all that the ear can possibly hear as a result of the most...

A single curve, drawn in the manner of the curve of prices of cotton, describes all that the ear can possibly hear as a result of the most...