Link Copied!
Peter Guthrie Tait Quotes (1831-1901)
Physicist
About Peter Guthrie Tait
Peter Guthrie Tait (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, best known for the seminal energy physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory, which contributed to the eventual formation of topology as a mathematical discipline.
Best Peter Guthrie Tait Quotes
Shortest
Earliest
Explore our curated collection of the most famous and impactful Peter Guthrie Tait quotes.
“The next grand extensions of mathematical physics will, in all likelihood, be furnished by quaternions.”
“[Examiners] spend their lives in discovering which pages of a text-book a man ought to read and which will not be likely to 'pay'.”
Peter Guthrie Tait Quotes by Topic
Find exactly what you are looking for by browsing this categorized list of Peter Guthrie Tait quotes by topic.
Peter Guthrie Tait on Quaternion
“The next grand extensions of mathematical physics will, in all likelihood, be furnished by quaternions.”
Peter Guthrie Tait on A priori and a posteriori
“There is nothing physical to be learned a priori. We have no right whatever to ascertain a single physical truth without seeking for it physically, unless it be a necessary consequence of other truths already acquired by experiment, in which case mathematical reasoning is alone requisite.”
About Peter Guthrie Tait
Peter Guthrie Tait (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, best known for the seminal energy physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory, which contributed to the eventual formation of topology as a mathematical discipline.