Francois-Joseph Servois

Born :

July 18, 1767

Died :

April 17, 1847

[The infinitely small] neither have nor can have theory; it is a dangerous instrument in the hands of beginners [ ... ] anticipating, for my part, the judgement of posterity, I would dare predict that this method will be accused one day, and rightly, of having retarded the progress of the mathematical sciences.

Francois-Joseph Servois

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