Quotes by : Henri Poincare

If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could....

A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot fail to see,....

A scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression....

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

Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether....

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

Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks but an accumulation of facts is no more....

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

It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.