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
   
Henri Poincare   Name:
Henri Poincare
Type:
Mathematician
Nationality:
French
Birth:
April 29, 1854
Death:
July 17, 1912
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