One of the most beautiful hypotheses ever propounded in physics is ... the Dynamical Theory of Gases

One of the most beautiful hypotheses ever propounded in physics is ... the Dynamical Theory of Gases

Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.

The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war.

What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed.

When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in prayer meeting and assaulting a young man who, while I was kneeling down during the prayer, stood above me and squeezed my neck.

I was taught the alphabet by my aunts before I was four years old, and I was reading the Bible in class and beginning geography when I was six.