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Henry Billingsley
( - 22 Nov 1606)
who became an alderman, and later Lord Mayor, of London. He was the first to make an English translation of Euclid's works (1570).
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Science Quotes by Henry Billingsley (1 quote)
Many arts there are which beautify the mind of man; of all other none do more garnish and beautify it than those arts which are called mathematical.
— Henry Billingsley
The Elements of Geometric of the most ancient Philosopher Euclide of Megara (1570), Note to the Reader. In Robert Édouard Moritz, Memorabilia Mathematica; Or, The Philomath's Quotation-book (1914), 44.

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) --
Carl Sagan
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