 The work was repugnant to me, chiefly from my not being able to see any meaning in the early steps in algebra. This impatience was very foolish, and in after years I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something...  MacMillan's Magazine - Pagina 247geredigeerd door - 1888Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Darwin - 2002 - 132 pagina’s
...and even went during the summer of 1828 with a private tutor (a very dull man) to Barmouth, but I got on very slowly. The work was repugnant to me, chiefly...far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics; for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense. But I do... | |
 | J. M. Cushing - 2003 - 248 pagina’s
...labyrinth. — GALILEO GALILEI (The Sidereal Messenger) Mathematics . . . was repugnant to me . . . [but] I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics; for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense. — CHARLES... | |
 | Peter Adams, P. Adams, Ken Smith, Rudolf V?born? - 2004 - 548 pagina’s
...attempted mathematics, and even went during the summer of 1828 with a private tutor to Barmouth, but I got on very slowly. The work was repugnant to me, chiefly...far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense. Charles... | |
 | Milo Keynes, A. W. F. Edwards, Robert Peel - 2004 - 170 pagina’s
...ignorance of mathematics is far less likely a reason, despite what he wrote in his autobiography35: I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics; for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense. But I do... | |
 | 2005 - 204 pagina’s
...scienRoughly fifty years later we find Darwin, still for me the greatest life scientist ever, writing: "I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics; for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense." With the... | |
 | Nathalie Sinclair, William Higginson - 2007 - 288 pagina’s
...attempted mathematics, and even went during the summer of 1828 with a private tutor to Barmouth, but I got on very slowly. The work was repugnant to me, chiefly...far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense, (p. 18)... | |
 | Paul J. Nahin - 2006 - 422 pagina’s
...attempted mathematics, and even went during the summer of 1828 with a private tutor . . . but I got on very slowly. The work was repugnant to me, chiefly...far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense [my emphasis].18... | |
 | Abdelghani Bellouquid, Marcello Delitala - 2007 - 188 pagina’s
...with the immunologist Guido Forni. Nicola Bellomo 1 On the Modelling of Complex Biological Systems I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understanding something of the great leading principles of mathematics; for men thus endowed seem to... | |
 | Nicola Bellomo - 2007 - 220 pagina’s
...contribute to this challenging objective. Going back to Charles Darwin, this effort is encouraged: / have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understanding something of the great leading principles of mathematics; for men thus endowed seem to... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 2008 - 77 pagina’s
...and even went during the summer of 1828 with a private tutor (a very dull man) to Barmouth, but I got on very slowly. The work was repugnant to me, chiefly...far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense. But I do... | |
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