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The foundations of science : science and hypothesis, the value of science, science and method [E-Book] / Henri Poincaré ; translated by George Bruce Halsted.

A member of the Académie française, Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His discovery of chaotic motion laid the foundations of modern chaos theory, and he was acknowledged by Einstein as a...

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Personal Name(s): Poincaré, Henri, author
Halsted, George Bruce, translator
Imprint: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 553 pages)
Note: englisch
ISBN: 9781108069496
9781107252950
Series Title: Cambridge library collection. History of science
Subject (LOC):
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Philosophy.
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A member of the Académie française, Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His discovery of chaotic motion laid the foundations of modern chaos theory, and he was acknowledged by Einstein as a key contributor in the field of special relativity. He earned his enduring reputation as a philosopher of mathematics and science with this elegantly written work, which was first published in French as three separate essays: Science and Hypothesis (1902), The Value of Science (1905), and Science and Method (1908). Poincaré asserts that much scientific work is a matter of convention, and that intuition and prediction play key roles. George Halsted's authorised 1913 English translation retains Poincaré's lucid prose style, presenting complex ideas for both professional scientists and those readers interested in the history of mathematics and the philosophy of science.

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