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Silvanus Phillips Thompson

Born

in York, England, The United Kingdom

June 19, 1851

Died

June 12, 1916

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Silvanus Phillips Thompson FRS was a professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was known for his work as an electrical engineer and as an author.

Thompson is one of the individuals represented on the Engineers Walk in Bristol, England.

Thompson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1891 and was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1894.

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	Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Martin Gardner 4.24 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — published 1910 — 202 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calculus Super Textbook (Super Textbooks) by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Max Fogiel 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Michael Faraday, His Life and Work 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charles Wheatstone, Inventor of the Telegraph 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ye Magick Mirrour of Old Japan 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1892 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Lord Kelvin (AMS Chelsea Publishing) (Pt. 1 & 2) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Design of Dynamos it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light Visible And Invisible: A Series Of Lectures Delivered At The Royal Institution Of Great Britain, At Christmas, 1896, With Additional Lectures by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Royal Institution of Great Britain (Creator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elementary Lessons in Electricity & Magnetism it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Considering how many fools can calculate, it is surprising that it should be thought either a difficult or a tedious task for any other fool to learn how to master the same tricks.

Some calculus-tricks are quite easy. Some are enormously difficult. The fools who write the textbooks of advanced mathematics - and they are mostly clever fools - seldom take the trouble to show you how easy the easy calculations are. On the contrary, they seem to desire to impress you with their tremendous cleverness by going about it in the most difficult way.

Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts that are not hard. Master these thoroughly, and the rest will follow. What one fool can do, another can.”
― Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Calculus Made Easy

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“What one fool can do, another can.”
― Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Calculus Made Easy

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“What one fool can do, another can.
(Ancient Simian Proverb.)”
― Silvanus P. Thompson, Calculus Made Easy - Silvanus P. Thompson [Literature Classics Series]

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