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Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
(1 May 1769 - 14 Sep 1852)
Irish-English statesman and commander who was the British General crushed Napoleon in the Waterloo campaign (1815). As a national hero, he entered politics and subsequently became the Prime Minister.
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Science Quotes by Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1 quote)
But of this I can assure you that there is not a movement of any body of Men however small whether on Horse-back or on foot, nor an operation or March of any description nor any Service in the field that is not formed upon some mathematical principle, and in the performance of which the knowledge and practical application of the mathematicks will be found not only useful but necessary. The application of the Mathematicks to Gunnery, Fortification, Tactics, the survey and knowledge of formal Castrenantion etc. cannot be acquired without study.
— Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Duke of Wellington to his son Douro (1826). Quoted in A Selection of the Private Correspondence of the First Duke of Wellington (1952), 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) -- 
