Title: The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method (Cambridge Library Collection - History of Science)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1108069495
ISBN 13: 9781108069496
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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A member of the Acad�mie fran�aise, Henri Poincar� (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). Poincar� 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 Poincar�'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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One of the greatest mathematicians of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Henri Poincar� (1854-1912) earned his enduring reputation as a philosopher of science with this elegantly written work. First translated into English in 1913, Poincar�'s lucid text presents complex ideas for both professional scientists and intelligent laypeople.

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