William Whewell Quote

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.


Astronomy and General Physics, Chapter V (p. 18), Carey, Lea & Blanchard. 1833


The constitution of the universe, so far as it can be clearly apprehended by our intellect, thus assumes a shape involving an assemblage of...

The constitution of the universe, so far as it can be clearly apprehended by our intellect, thus assumes a shape involving an assemblage of...

The constitution of the universe, so far as it can be clearly apprehended by our intellect, thus assumes a shape involving an assemblage of...

The constitution of the universe, so far as it can be clearly apprehended by our intellect, thus assumes a shape involving an assemblage of...