 It may be said that the fact makes a stronger impression on the boy through the medium of his sight, that he believes it the more confidently. I say that this ought not to be the case. If he does not believe the statements of his tutor — probably a...  Nature - Página 323editado por - 1874Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1911 - 490 páginas
...suspicion is irrational, and manifests a want of power of appreciating evidence, a want fatal to bis success in that branch of science which he is supposed to be cultivating." SCEAPS of a letter from an astronomer : — This is Sunday, and I came over hoping to have a quiet... | |
 | Alexander Macfarlane - 1916 - 160 páginas
...irrational, and manifests a want of the power of appreciating evidence, a want fatal to his suecess in that branch of science which he is supposed to be cultivating." Clear physical conceptions cannot be got by tradition, even from a clergyman of blameless charater;... | |
 | Alexander Macfarlane - 1916 - 162 páginas
...irrational, and manifests a want of the power of appreciating evidence, a want fatal to his suecess in that branch of science which he is supposed to be cultivating." Clear physical conceptions cannot be got by tradition, even from a clergyman of blameless charater;... | |
 | T. W. Körner - 1988 - 610 páginas
...experimental work into the Cambridge undergraduate courses aroused strong opposition. 'If [the student] does not believe the statements of his tutor - probably...of science which he is supposed to be cultivating.' (Todhunter, First essay in "The Conflict of Studies', Macmillan 1873; since Todhunter is no fool the... | |
 | C.A Taylor - 1988 - 202 páginas
...does not believe the statements of his tutor — probably a clergyman of mature knowledge, recognized ability, and blameless character — his suspicion...of science which he is supposed to be cultivating. I beg to differ! But perhaps I might remind readers that Todhunter was a mathematician! Another of... | |
 | B Jennison, J Ogborn - 1994 - 268 páginas
...83 not believe the statements of his tutor — probably a clergyman of mature knowledge, recognized ability, and blameless character — his suspicion...of science which he is supposed to be cultivating. (Weber 1973) The Maxwell attitude prevailed, and practical physics proceeded to become a standard component... | |
 | Iain McLean, Arnold B. Urken, Fiona Hewitt - 1995 - 392 páginas
...does not believe the statements of his tutor — probably a clergyman of mature knowledge, recognized ability and blameless character — his suspicion...of science which he is supposed to be cultivating. (Quoted from Gillispie 1981, 13:427) He was apparently not being sarcastic. With such an attitude toward... | |
 | Jonathan Smith, Christopher Stray - 2001 - 248 páginas
...A', Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1871), pp. 3-4. If he [a boy] does not believe the statements of his tutor - probably...of science which he is supposed to be cultivating. "' Several other passages of a similar tenor followed. That Todhunter felt so strongly about excluding... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1875 - 500 páginas
...knowledge, recognized ability, and blameless character, — his suspicions are irrational, and manifest a want of the power of appreciating evidence, a want...of science which he is supposed to be cultivating." The power of appreciating the evidence of testimony would doubtless be shown deficient in the case... | |
 | 1980 - 188 páginas
...recognised ability, and blameless character — his suspicion is irrational, and manifests a want of power of appreciating evidence, a want fatal to his...of science which he is supposed to be cultivating." Todhunter was a highly cultivated man and an able mathematician ; he undeniably believed in the mission... | |
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