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To predict what has not been observed, is to attempt ourselves to use the legislative phrases of nature; and when she responds plainly and precisely to that which we thus utter, we cannot but suppose that we have in a great measure made ourselves masters of the meaning and structure of her language.

William Whewell

The constitution of the universe, so far as it can be clearly apprehended by our intellect, thus assumes a shape involving an assemblage of mathematical propositions: certain algebraical formulae, and the knowledge when and how to apply them, constitute the last step of the physical science to which we can attain.

William Whewell

William Whewell

William Whewell

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Born: May 24, 1794

Died: March 6, 1866 (aged 71)

Bio: William Whewell was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Known for:

The philosophy of the inductive sciences (1840)
History of the inductive sciences (1837)
The plurality of worlds .. (1853)
The elements of morality: including polity (1845)

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