One Of The Principal Objects Of Theoretical Research In Any
Department Of Knowledge Is To Find The Point Of View From Which The
Subject Appears In Greatest Simplicity.
One of the principal objects of theoretical research in any
department of knowledge is to find the point of view from which the
subject appears in greatest simplicity.
-- J. Willard Gibbs, Collected Works, v.1; p. 10.
MAGNET, n. Something acted upon by magnetism.
MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet.
The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the
works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the
subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of
human knowledge....