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Charles-Lucien Bonaparte
(24 May 1803 - 29 Jul 1857)
French zoologist.
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Science Quotes by Charles-Lucien Bonaparte (1 quote)
The impact of an army, like the total mechanical coefficients, is equal to the mass multiplied by the velocity.
— Charles-Lucien Bonaparte
From Diary (30 July 1800). As given in R.M. Johnston, The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon’s Life in His Own Words (1910), 143. Variants in translation from the original French include: “The strength of an army, like power in mechanics, is estimated by multiplying the mass by the velocity.”
See also:
- 24 May - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Bonaparte's birth.
- The Emperor of Nature: Charles-Lucien Bonaparte and his World, by Patricia Tyson Stroud. - book suggestion.
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.
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