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One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature
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"One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics"

- Henri Poincare

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France Flag This quote is written / told by Henri Poincare between April 29, 1854 and July 17, 1912. He/she was a famous Mathematician from France. The author also have 33 other quotes.

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