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Quote by Henri Poincare
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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The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. – Henri Poincare

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A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation. – Max Gluckman, Politics, Law and Ritual, 1965

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What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet. – James Hansen

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Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. Its posing questions and coming up with a method. Its delving in. – Sally Ride

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If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. – James Lovelock

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