I Once Knew An Otherwise Excellent Teacher

The History Of The Development Of Mechanics Is Quite Indispensable To A Full Comprehension Of The Science In Its Present Condition. It Also Affords A Simple And Instructive Example Or The Processes By Which Natural Science Generally Is Developed.

Strange As It May Sound, The Power Of Mathematics Rests On Its Evasion Of All Unnecessary Thought And On Its Wonderful Saving Of Mental Operations.

The Fact Is, Every Thinker, Every Philosopher, The Moment He Is Forced To Abandon His One-sided Intellectual Occupation By Practical Necessity, Immediately Returns To The General Point Of View Of Mankind.

In Reality, The Law Always Contains Less Than The Fact Itself, Because It Does Not Reproduce The Fact As A Whole But Only In That Aspect Of It Which Is Important For Us, The Rest Being Intentionally Or From Necessity Omitted.

Scientists Must Use The Simplest Means Of Arriving At Their Results And Exclude Everything Not Perceived By The Senses.