What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration? Henri Poincare Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Thus, they are free to replace some objects by others so long as the relations remain unchanged. Henri Poincare Read Quote
If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when one wishes to go deep into the different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies existing. Henri Poincare Read Quote
Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination. Henri Poincare Read Quote
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 Read Quote
If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is all we require, and we should say that the phenomenon had been predicted, that it is governed by the laws. Henri Poincare Read Quote
