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Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.

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Mathematicians are born, not made.

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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.

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If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.

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How is an error possible in mathematics?

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Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

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A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations.

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Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination.

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It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.

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It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Mathematician

Born: April 29th, 1854

Died: July 17th, 1912

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