Henri Poincare
Henri Poincare
Jules Henri Poincaréwas a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and a philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as The Last Universalist by Eric Temple Bell, since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth29 April 1854
CountryFrance
Henri Poincare quotes about
mathematics geometry theorems
One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient.
errors mathematics mathematical
How is error possible in mathematics?
disease generations mathematics
Later generations will regard Mengenlehre (set theory) as a disease from which one has recovered.
illumination long firsts
Most striking at first is the appearance of sudden illumination, a manifest sign of long unconscious prior work.
errors produce latter
A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.