15 ordspråk av Henri Poincare
Henri Poincare
Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination.
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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
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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
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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
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Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority. To invent is to discern, to choose.
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It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.
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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
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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
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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.
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Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.
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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.
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Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything
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Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything
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Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means . . . .
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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.
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