Some people say they cannot understand a million million. Those people cannot understand that twice two makes four. That is the way I put it to people who talk to me about the incomprehensibility of such large numbers. I say finitude is incomprehensible, the infinite in the universe is comprehensible.


Wave Theory of Light, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 118, November 1884

William Thomson Quotes

Some people say they cannot understand a million million. Those people cannot understand that twice two makes four. That is the way I put it to...

Some people say they cannot understand a million million. Those people cannot understand that twice two makes four. That is the way I put it to...

Some people say they cannot understand a million million. Those people cannot understand that twice two makes four. That is the way I put it to...

Some people say they cannot understand a million million. Those people cannot understand that twice two makes four. That is the way I put it to...