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"Astronomy is useful because it raises us above ourselves; it is useful because it is grand; …. It shows us how small is man's body, how great his mind, since his intelligence can embrace the whole of this dazzling immensity, where his body is only an obscure point, and enjoy its silent harmony."
Henri Poincaré
( Apr 29, 1854 - Jul 17, 1912 )
Quote taken from an essay in the collection, The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincaré, 1997Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as The Last Universalist by Eric Temple Bell, since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime. (Wikipedia Commons)