Maxwell Equal Area

Famous quotes containing the words maxwell, equal and/or area:

    “Gin a body meet a body
    Flyin’ through the air,
    Gin a body hit a body,
    Will it fly? and where?”
    —James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)

    “There is no good ... in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else.... The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.”
    —William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

    “The area [of toilet training] is one where a child really does possess the power to defy. Strong pressure leads to a powerful struggle. The issue then is not toilet training but who holds the reins—mother or child? And the child has most of the ammunition!”
    —Dorothy Corkville Briggs (20th century)