The foundations of science : science and hypothesis, the value of science, science and method
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The foundations of science : science and hypothesis, the value of science, science and method
（Cambridge library collection）
Cambridge University Press, 2015
- : pbk
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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Science Press, 1913. (Science and education ; v. 1)
Includes index
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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.
Table of Contents
- Henri Poincare
- Author's preface to the translation
- Science and hypothesis
- The value of science
- Science and method
- Index.
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