Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves, has no objective existence.
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In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind.
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If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when one wishes to go deep into the different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies existing.
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What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration?
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Facts do not speak.
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