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- From: hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer)
- Subject: Looking for Henri Poincare quote
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.000635.2136@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
- Date: 9 Nov 92 05:06:35 GMT
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- Poincare compared science (and mathematics) to art. The quote goes
- something like this: A scientist, especially a mathematician, should
- feel about what his work the same way as an artist feels about his art.
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- BTW, over the years I've heard quite a few pithy observations by him.
- He strikes me as a true philospher/mathematician and a fascinating
- character. Can anyone recommend a biography on him?
-