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William Barrett Frankland
(1875 - )
mathematician and author who wrote The Story of Euclid" and contributed to mathematical periodicals. Also known as Rev. W. B. Frankland.
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Science Quotes by William Barrett Frankland (1 quote)
Whereas at the outset geometry is reported to have concerned herself with the measurement of muddy land, she now handles celestial as well as terrestrial problems: she has extended her domain to the furthest bounds of space.
— William Barrett Frankland
In The Story of Euclid. (1902) 14-15.
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) -- 
