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THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS, THE VALUE OF SCIENCE, SCIENCE AND METHOD |
| By: |
Henri Poincare, George Bruce Halsted (Trans), Josiah Royce |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108069495 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108069496 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
13 August, 2013 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - History of Science |
| Pages: |
570 |
| Language: |
English & French |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
This work by the French mathematician Henri Poincare, translated into English in 1913, elegantly expounds his philosophy of science. |
| Synopsis: |
A member of the Academie francaise, Henri Poincare (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). Poincare 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 Poincare'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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black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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