 | Bence Jones - 1871 - 450 pàgines
...that if he had seen it before he would have adopted it. The views, objects, character, and arguments of our mathematicians were very different then to...approbation, but Vince he treated with contempt, and Vince afterwards returned the compliment. He never obtruded his various learning in conversation, but... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1887 - 638 pàgines
...Young," he said, " was beforehand with tbo world in perceiving the defects of English mathematicians. He looked down upon the science, and would not cultivate the acquaintance of any of our philosophers. Ho seemed never to have heard the names of the poets and literary characters of the last century, and... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1892 - 522 pàgines
...Young,' he said, ' was beforehand with the world in perceiving the defects of English mathematicians. He looked down upon the science, and would not cultivate the acquaintance of any of our philosophers. He seemed never to have heard the names of the poets and literary characters of 'the last century,... | |
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Person, he said that if he had seen it before he would have adopted it. The views, objects, character, and arguments of our mathematicians were very different then to what they are now, and Young, who was certainly beforehand with the world, perceived... 