There cannot be a greater mistake than that of looking superciliously upon the practical applications of science. The life and soul of science is its practical application; and just as the great advances in mathematics have been made through the desire of discovering the solution of problems which were of a highly practical kind in mathematical science, so in physical science many of the greatest advances that have been made from the beginning of the world to the present time have been made in earnest desire to turn the knowledge of the properties of matter to some purpose useful to mankind.

I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in nu…

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 …

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.

The pioneer spirit is still vigorous within this nation. Science offers a largely unexplored hinterland for the pioneer who has the tools for his task. The rew…

There cannot be a greater mistake than that of looking superciliously upon the practical applications of science. The life and soul of science is its practical…

Scientists study the world as it is; engineers create the world that never has been.