...gravitation he replied: "By thinking on it continually". Another quotation along similar lines reads: "I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light". This quality of intense and sustained concentration...

...Newton was once asked how he made his discoveries, he replied: 'By always thinking unto them. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into the full light'. Similarly, single-mindedness of thought and purpose typified...

...(1642-1727) b. Woolsthorpe, England On how he made discoveries By always thinking unto them. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into the full light. Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) b. Woolsthorpe, England 8 SYMMETRIC...

...Newton himself invoked the metaphor of the room slowly illuminated from above when he said: "I keep the subject constantly before me and wait 'till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light."32 On a larger scale, the Newton story brings...

...thinking unto them," and on another occasion, when he seems to have been rather more talkative, "I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into the full light." Even for great men of science it is hard to keep the mind concentrated...

...afterwards to solve other problems. —Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Discours de la Methode. 1637. [570] I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into full light. —Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726) [571] Professionals in all areas...

...how he made his discoveries, Newton gave his famous response: "By always thinking unto them. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light." 15 As a result of its utility and success,...

...or cartoon of what the quotation means to you. Include the quotation with the illustration. I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light. Sir Isaac Newton You don't understand anything...

...our parents with love and gratitude. For Hui and Jinlan. and our children with love and pride. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into the full light. — Sir Isaac Newton Preface A switched linear system is a hybrid...

...valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention than to any other talent," and "I keep the subject constantly before me and wait 'till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light."1 Hold a Question in Mind #30 In his book...