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Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks but an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house.Henri Poincare
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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
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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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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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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
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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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It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.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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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