5 Lord Kelvin Quotes on Physics

Lord Kelvin quotes on physics

3. Quaternions came from Hamilton after his really good work had been done, and though beautifully ingenious, have been an unmixed evil to those who have touched them in any way.

5. Symmetrical equations are good in their place, but 'vector' is a useless survival, or offshoot from quaternions, and has never been of the slightest use to any creature.

6. There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.

14. Measuring the Absolute: William Thomson and Temperature (2002) by Hasok Chang and Sang Wook Yi (PDF file)

15. The Molecular Tactics of a Crystal (1894)