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Balfour Stewart,
(1 Nov 1828 - 19 Dec 1887)
Scottish geophysicist and meteorologist.
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Science Quotes by Balfour Stewart, (2 quotes)
I do not think the division of the subject into two parts - into applied mathematics and experimental physics a good one, for natural philosophy without experiment is merely mathematical exercise, while experiment without mathematics will neither sufficiently discipline the mind or sufficiently extend our knowledge in a subject like physics.
— Balfour Stewart,
to Henry Roscoe, Professor of Chemistry at Owens College (2 Jun 1870), B.C.S Archive Quoted in R.H. Kargon, Science in Victorian Manchester (1977), 215.
It is not impossible to suppose that in this case our luminary was taken in the act…
— Balfour Stewart,
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See also:
- 1 Nov - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Stewart's birth.
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) -- 
