Mathematician

Examples

• As a result he was soon after made First Mathematician of the University of Pisa, and also Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke’s Court of Florence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Plato was a mathematician and an astronomer. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Now Mr. Upton was a very able mathematician, who, after he finished his studies at Princeton, went to Germany and got his final gloss under that great master, Helmholtz. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Besides, Edison, like Faraday, was never a mathematician, and has had little personal use for arithmetic beyond that which is called mental. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A vigorous official himself, Airy was deeply impressed by the calm decisiveness and definite directions of the French mathematician. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I have hardly ever known a mathematician who could reason. Plato. The Republic.
• He lived in the third century B.C,and has been called the greatest mathematician of antiquity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Assuredly not, he said; I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. Plato. The Republic.
• The modern mathematician will readily sympathise with Plato's delight in the properties of pure mathematics. Plato. The Republic.
• On the 21st of October, 1845, the young mathematician, twice disappointed in his attempt to meet Airy, left at the Royal Observatory a paper con taining the elements of the new planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The dialectician is as much above the mathematician as the mathematician is above the ordinary man. Plato. The Republic.
• Descartes was a philosopher and mathematician. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• A mathematician and experimenter himself, he had a genius for eliciting discussion and research by means o f adroit questions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In 415 Hypatia, Greek philosopher and mathematician, was murdered by a Christian mob. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Upton, who was early employed by Mr. Edison as his mathematician, furnishes a pleasant, vivid picture of his chief associates engaged on the memorable work at Menlo Park. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Something has already been said of the early astronomers and mathematicians of Alexandria . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• What shall we say to the instinct which leads the bee to make cells, and which has practically anticipated the discoveries of profound mathematicians? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Plato had an immediate influence in stimulating m athematical studies, and has been called a maker of mathematicians. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I first ask mathematicians, what they mean when they say one line or surface is EQUAL to, or GREATER or LESS than another? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• He said once to a friend: I can always hire some mathematicians, but they can't hire me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In mathematics, say Thatcher and Schwill,[333] the Arabs built on the foundations of the Greek mathematicians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The names of the great Arab astronomers and mathematicians are not popularly known to us; their influence is greater than their fame. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It is in vain, that mathematicians represent a plain surface as produced by the flowing of a right line. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It is true, mathematicians pretend they give an exact definition of a right line, when they say, it is the shortest way betwixt two points. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• To whatever side mathematicians turn, this dilemma still meets them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.

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