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 1 Share Now -
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 2 Share Now -
Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves, has no objective existence. - Henri Poincare 3 Share Now -
It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. - Henri Poincare 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
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 6 Share Now -
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 8 Share Now -
A scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature. - Henri Poincare 9 Share Now -
