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Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a col

Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. – Henri Poincare

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The scientist does not study nature because it is useful he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. – Henri Poincare

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I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity. – Paul Nurse

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