Foreshadowings of the principles and even of the language of [the infinitesimal] calculus can be found in the writings of Napier, Kepler, Cavalieri, Fermat, Wallis, and Barrow. It was Newton's good luck to come at a time when everything was ripe for the discovery, and his ability enabled him to construct almost at once a complete calculus.
W.W. Rouse BallTag: science history scientists discovery isaac-newton newton mathematics calculus fermat johannes-kepler kepler barrow pierre-de-fermat cavalieri infinitesimal napier wallis
Scientists still do not appear to understand sufficiently that all earth sciences must contribute evidence toward unveiling the state of our planet in earlier times, and that the truth of the matter can only be reached by combing all this evidence. ... It is only by combing the information furnished by all the earth sciences that we can hope to determine 'truth' here, that is to say, to find the picture that sets out all the known facts in the best arrangement and that therefore has the highest degree of probability. Further, we have to be prepared always for the possibility that each new discovery, no matter what science furnishes it, may modify the conclusions we draw.
Alfred WegenerTag: science truth understanding information scientists discovery evidence geology planet earth-sciences history-of-the-earth history-of-the-planet
The text-book is rare that stimulates its reader to ask, Why is this so? Or, How does this connect with what has been read elsewhere?
J. Norman CollieTag: science reading learning how questions why wonder curiosity discovery explorer scientist textbook mountaineer
In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
William OslerTag: science discovery rhetoric persuasion
Mathematics is much more than a language for dealing with the physical world. It is a source of models and abstractions which will enable us to obtain amazing new insights into the way in which nature operates.
Melvin SchwartzTag: science nature language discovery math abstraction mathematics nobel-laureate models scientist insights
To excavate is to open a book written in the language that the centuries have spoken into the earth.
Spyridon MarinatosTag: science history language earth discovery culture archeology excavation archeologist earth-s-history
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