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Poincare, H., La Valeur de la Science, 1905. Google
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page numbers from "The value of science," p. 199-355 in Poincare, Foundations of Science translated by G.B. Halsted, London, 1907, reprinted New York: The Science Press 1913.
Published before 1923
207 ;;Quote: we impose the frames of time and space on nature because we find them convenient
207+;;Quote: mathematical analysis is primarily the study of temporal and spatial frames
207+;;Quote: mathematical analysis is a language for learning the internal harmony of the world, the only true objective reality
209 ;;Quote: objective reality is that which is common to many thinking beings; it can only be the harmony expressed by mathematical laws
281 ;;Quote: to get the law from experiment, it is necessary to generalize by analogy
281+;;Quote: the true, profound analogies arise from the mathematical spirit that disdains matter and embraces form
285 ;;Quote: the sole natural object of mathematical thought is the whole number
332 ;;Quote: all the scientist creates in a fact is the unambiguous language in which he enunciates it
332+;;Quote: every scientific fact is formed of many crude facts
332 ;;Quote: the scientist intervenes actively in choosing the facts worth observing; this is the free activity of the scientist
332+;;Quote: a fact becomes interesting if it may aid in predicting other facts or if it confirms a law
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