William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Quote

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


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...