Henri Poincare Quotes


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


Citations

Poincaré, Henri. The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method. Translated by George Bruce Halsted, The Science Press, 1913, p. 45.

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Henri Poincare
Henri Poincare
  • Born: April 29, 1854
  • Died: July 17, 1912
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Mathematician

Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist", since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime.