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?
study relation mathematician
Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects.
groups mathematics tales
All of mathematics is a tale about groups.
disease generations mathematics
Later generations will regard Mengenlehre (set theory) as a disease from which one has recovered.
definitions philosopher logic
What is a good definition? For the philosopher or the scientist, it is a definition which applies to all the objects to be defined, and applies only to them; it is that which satisfies the rules of logic. But in education it is not that; it is one that can be understood by the pupils.
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.
sole source experiments
Experiment is the sole source of truth.
hypothesis
Hypotheses are what we lack the least.