“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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“The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law.”
— 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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“Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.”
— Henri Poincare
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“One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics.”
— Henri Poincare
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“It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.”
— Henri Poincare
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“Science is facts.”
— Henri Poincare
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“One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics.”
— 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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“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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