Henri Poincare

Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Point set topology is a disease from which the human race will soon recover. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could predict exactly the situation of the same universe at a succeeding moment. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot fail to see, and then we say that the effect is due to chance. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Mathematicians are born, not made. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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