Peter Guthrie Tait quotes

[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)
The next grand extensions of mathematical physics will, in all likelihood, be furnished by quaternions. View quote
Peter Guthrie Tait
Oh, that's nothing – I could coach a coal scuttle to be Senior Wrangler. View quote
Peter Guthrie Tait

Peter Guthrie Tait

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Occupation: Scottish Physicist
Born: April 28, 1831
Died: July 4, 1901
Quotes count: 3
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