Scientific literatureThought is only a gleam in the midst of a long night. But it is this gleam which is everything.Henri PoincareThe Value of Science · 1905★ 5.1
Scientific literatureTo doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking.Henri PoincareScience and Hypothesis · 1902★ 4.3
Scientific literatureThe scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be worth living.Henri PoincareScience and Method · 1908★ 3.4
Scientific literatureDiscovery is discernment, selection.Henri PoincareScience and Method · 1908★ 2.7