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.

Quote by Henri Poincare

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A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very...

A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very...

Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.

Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.

Hypotheses are what we lack the least.

Hypotheses are what we lack the least.

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

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

If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is...

If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is...

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

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

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he...

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he...

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

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

Mathematicians are born, not made.

Mathematicians are born, not made.

To invent is to discern, to choose.

To invent is to discern, to choose.

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

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

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other...

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other...

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

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

How is an error possible in mathematics?

How is an error possible in mathematics?

Science is facts.

Science is facts.

A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible?

Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible?

The mind uses its faculty for creativity only when experience forces it to do so.

The mind uses its faculty for creativity only when experience forces it to do so.

Facts do not speak.

Facts do not speak.

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

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