Quotations from the 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907)

[mr_jez]

"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 numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the

Comments

[mr_jez]

I agree wholeheartedly sir. Humanity, technology and the physical sciences have taken some impressive steps together, but one day let us hope that it becomes a dance between the stars!

As for the latter quotes, I think that as anyone becomes more established, in any area of study, they have a greater tendency to make general statements, based on their wisdom and experience. Sometimes these are of use and sometimes they are over-generalised.