Henri Poincare

If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is all we require, and we should say that the phenomenon had been predicted, that it is governed by the laws. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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It has adopted the geometry most advantageous to the species or, in other words, the most convenient. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all. ↗

— 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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Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible? ↗

— Henri Poincare

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No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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