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> [No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-poincare/no-more-than-these-machines-need-the-mathematician-know-what-he-does/)

[Henri Poincare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-poincare/)

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> [The best mobile phone had the best mathematician. They know how to fit a huge amount of data into a small amount…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-du-sautoy/the-best-mobile-phone-had-the-best-mathematician-they-know-how-to-fit/)

[Marcus du Sautoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-du-sautoy/)

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> [Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means. The geometer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-poincare/thus-be-it-understood-to-demonstrate-a-theorem-it-is-neither-2/)

[Henri Poincare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-poincare/)

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