Science and Mathematics
- Prism (optics), a transparent object which refracts light
- Dispersive prism, the most familiar type of optical prism
- Prism (geometry), a kind of polyhedron
- Prism (geology), a type of sedimentary deposit
- Prism correction, a component of some eyeglass prescriptions
- Tidal prism, the volume of water in an area between high and low tide
Read more about this topic: Prism
Famous quotes containing the words science and, science and/or mathematics:
“Consider the China pride and stagnant self-complacency of mankind. This generation inclines a little to congratulate itself on being the last of an illustrious line; and in Boston and London and Paris and Rome, thinking of its long descent, it speaks of its progress in art and science and literature with satisfaction.... It is the good Adam contemplating his own virtue.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“If you have science and art,
You also have religion;
But if you don’t have them,
You better have religion.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Why does man freeze to death trying to reach the North Pole? Why does man drive himself to suffer the steam and heat of the Amazon? Why does he stagger his mind with the mathematics of the sky? Once the question mark has arisen in the human brain the answer must be found, if it takes a hundred years. A thousand years.”
—Walter Reisch (1903–1963)