Atdtda22: {43.8ii] Undeniably, beyond a doubt, 634

Monte Davis monte.davis at verizon.net
Sat Nov 24 11:27:46 CST 2007


Paul cites:

> Cf. also: "... the anniversary of Hamilton's 1843 discovery
> of the Quaternions (or, as a disciple might say, theirs of 
> him) ..." (560).

Cf. also Heinrich Hertz on Maxwell's equations: "One cannot escape the
feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and
an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we are, wiser even
than their discoverers, that we get more out of them than was originally put
into them."






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