Fourier Is A Mathematical Poem.

Mathematics Is The Only True Metaphysics.

Science Is Bound, By The Everlasting Vow Of Honour, To Face Fearlessly Every Problem Which Can Be Fairly Presented To It.

In Physical Science A First Essential Step In The Direction Of Learning Any Subject Is To Find Principles Of Numerical Reckoning And Practicable Methods For Measuring Some Quality Connected With It. I Often Say That When You Can Measure What You Are Speaking About, And Express It In Numbers, You Know Something About It; But When You Cannot Measure It, When You Cannot Express It In Numbers, Your Knowledge Is Of A Meagre And Unsatisfactory Kind; It May Be The Beginning Of Knowledge, But You Have Scarcely In Your Thoughts Advanced To The Stage Of Science, Whatever The Matter May Be.

Symmetrical Equations Are Good In Their Place, But ' Vector ' Is A Useless Survival, Or Offshoot From Quaternions, And Has Never Been Of The Slightest Use To Any Creature.

Although Mechanical Energy Is Indestructible, There Is A Universal Tendency To Its Dissipation, Which Produces Throughout The System A Gradual Augmentation And Diffusion Of Heat, Cessation Of Motion And Exhaustion Of The Potential Energy Of The Material Universe