D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Professions : Mathematician Born : May 2, 1860 Died : June 21, 1948 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson The harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy are embodied in the concept of mathematical beauty. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson education heart philosophy Cell and tissue, shell and bone, leaf and flower, are so many portions of matter, and it is in obedience to the laws of physics that their particles have been moved, moulded and conformed. They are no exceptions to the rule that God always geometrizes. Their problems of form are in the first instance mathematical problems, their problems of growth are essentially physical problems, and the morphologist is, ipso facto, a student of physical science. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson flower law math The perfection of mathematical beauty is such...that whatsoever is most beautiful and regular is also found to be most useful and excellent. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson excellent perfection beautiful Numerical precision is the very soul of science. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson soul education math Sagging wrinkles, hanging breasts and many another sign of age are part of gravitation's slow relentless handiwork. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson sagging wrinkles age It is success that colours all in life, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson success-in-life fool honest We call a thing big or little with reference to what it is wont to be, as we speak of a small elephant or a big rat. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson elephants rats littles Similar Authors Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch mathematician Brahmagupta mathematician Augustus De Morgan mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy mathematician Atle Selberg mathematician Arthur Cayley mathematician All Authors
