A science produced with a view single to its applications is impossible; truths are fruitful only if they are concatenated; if we cleave to those only of which we expect an immediate result, the connecting links will be lacking, and there will be no longer a chain.


The Relations of Analysis and Mathematical Physics, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Volume IV, Number 6,

Henri Poincaré Quotes

A science produced with a view single to its applications is impossible; truths are fruitful only if they are concatenated; if we cleave to those...

A science produced with a view single to its applications is impossible; truths are fruitful only if they are concatenated; if we cleave to those...

A science produced with a view single to its applications is impossible; truths are fruitful only if they are concatenated; if we cleave to those...

A science produced with a view single to its applications is impossible; truths are fruitful only if they are concatenated; if we cleave to those...