Quote by Henri Poincar

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 is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones;

Summary

This quote emphasizes that science is not simply a collection of facts but rather a structured framework of knowledge. Similar to how a house is not just a random pile of stones but a carefully constructed building, science requires the arrangement and organization of facts within theories and principles to form a coherent understanding of the world. Merely accumulating isolated facts does not constitute science; it's the systematic arrangement and interpretation of these facts that forms the basis of scientific inquiry.

By Henri Poincar

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