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Bartholomew Price
(1818 - 29 Dec 1898)
English mathematician who was the author of works covering differential and integral calculus, the calculus of variations, the theory of attractions, and analytical mechanics.
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Science Quotes by Bartholomew Price (1 quote)
… the reasoning process [employed in mathematics] is not different from that of any other branch of knowledge, … but there is required, and in a great degree, that attention of mind which is in some part necessary for the acquisition of all knowledge, and in this branch is indispensably necessary. This must be given in its fullest intensity; … the other elements especially characteristic of a mathematical mind are quickness in perceiving logical sequence, love of order, methodical arrangement and harmony, distinctness of conception.
— Bartholomew Price
In Treatise on Infinitesimal Calculus (1868), Vol. 8, 6.
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) -- 
