Hypotheses are what we lack the least.

Quote by Henri Poincare

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What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in...

What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in...

One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not...

One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not...

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...

Thus, they are free to replace some objects by others so long as the relations...

Thus, they are free to replace some objects by others so long as the relations...

Mathematicians are born, not made.

Mathematicians are born, not made.

Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible?

Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible?

Point set topology is a disease from which the human race will soon recover.

Point set topology is a disease from which the human race will soon recover.

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...

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

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

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

To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with...

To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

To invent is to discern, to choose.

To invent is to discern, to choose.

In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in...

In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in...

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything

It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is...

It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is...

What we think, we become.

What we think, we become.