Archimedes, That He Might Transport The Entire Globe ... Demanded Only A Point That Was Firm And Immovable; So Also, I Shall Be Entitled To Entertain The Highest Expectations, If I Am Fortunate Enough To Discover Only One Thing That Is Certain And Indubitable.

-Rene Descartes

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Archimedes, That He Might Transport The Entire

Rene Descartes

Archimedes, That He Might Transport The Entire Globe ... Demanded Only A Point That Was Firm And Immovable; So Also, I Shall Be Entitled To Entertain The Highest Expectations, If I Am Fortunate Enough To Discover Only One Thing That Is Certain And Indubitable.

Topic

Expectations

Might

Enough

If I Found Any New Truths In The Sciences, I Can Say That They Follow From, Or Depend On, Five Or Six Principal Problems Which I Succeeded In Solving And Which I Regard As So Many Battles Where The Fortunes Of War Were On My Side.

War

Math

Battle