Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet Professions : MathematicianBorn : August 13, 1819Died : February 1, 1903 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet But we have reason to think that the annihilation of work is no less a physical impossibility than its creation, that is, than perpetual motion. Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet hard-workreasonthinking I am almost inclined to coin a word and call the appearance fluorescence, from fluor-spar, as the analogous term opalescence is derived from the name of a mineral. Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet coinsnamesscience Similar Authors Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch mathematician Brahmagupta mathematician Augustus De Morgan mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy mathematician Atle Selberg mathematician Arthur Cayley mathematicianAll Authors
