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TECHNOLOGY > mathematician > Henri Poincare
Invention consists in...
Vendor: TECH & SCIENCE
Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority. To invent is to discern, to choose.
Source: In A New Dictionary of Quotations, by H.L. Mencken, 1942.
-- Henri Poincare, (Apr 29 1854-1912), French mathematician; He was noted for contributions in many important areas of mathematics -- cosmology, relativity and topography.