Why is it that showers and even storms seem to come by chance, so that many people think it quite natural to pray for rain or fine weather, though th… - Henri Poincaré
" "Why is it that showers and even storms seem to come by chance, so that many people think it quite natural to pray for rain or fine weather, though they would consider it ridiculous to ask for an eclipse by prayer?
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Jules Henri Poincaré (29 April 1854 – 17 July 1912), generally known as Henri Poincaré, was one of France's greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of science.
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Jules Henri Poincare
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