Quote by: William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarely, in your thoughts advanced to the stage of science.


Author Bio


  • NameWilliam Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
  • DescriptionBritish physicist and engineer
  • AliasesWilliam Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin; The Lord Kelvin; Lord Kelvin
  • BornJune 26, 1824
  • DiedDecember 17, 1907
  • CountryUnited Kingdom; Australia
  • ProfessionPhysicist; Scientist; Mathematician
  • AwardsOrder Of Merit For Arts And Science; Fellow Of The Royal Society; Knight Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order; Copley Medal; Royal Medal; John Fritz Medal