This Poincaré Click Changed EVERYTHING

Nov 3, 2006 · so how did this great polymath change the way we understand the world and indeed the universe? Why did his conjecture remain unproved for almost a century? Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything. Quoted in j r newman, the world of mathematics (new york 1956). The mind uses its faculty for creativity.

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'you know that's a really good argument; My position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that.