The historian, the physicist, even, must make a choice among facts; the head of the scientist, which is only a corner of the universe, could never contain the universe entire; so that among the innumerable facts nature offers, some will be passed by, others retained.


The Foundations of Science, Science and Method, Book I, Chapter II (p. 369), The Science Press. 1913

Henri Poincaré Quotes

The historian, the physicist, even, must make a choice among facts; the head of the scientist, which is only a corner of the universe, could never...

The historian, the physicist, even, must make a choice among facts; the head of the scientist, which is only a corner of the universe, could never...

The historian, the physicist, even, must make a choice among facts; the head of the scientist, which is only a corner of the universe, could never...

The historian, the physicist, even, must make a choice among facts; the head of the scientist, which is only a corner of the universe, could never...