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Quotation from Science and Hypothesis by Henri Poincare
“Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones ; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.”
Science and Hypothesis, Part IV, Ch. IX, trans. W. J. Greenstreet
Poincaré explains why the scientist must select and generalize rather than merely collect.
Citation: "Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones ; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house." — Henri Poincare, Science and Hypothesis, Part IV, Ch. IX, trans. W. J. Greenstreet. (id poincare-science-and-hypothesis-q7)
Portrait: Henri Poincaré, PA03199, Henri Manuel, Public domain.
