The Foundations of Science - Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method (Paperback)

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."

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - History of Science
Release date:	December 2014
Authors:	Henri Poincare
Translators:	George Bruce Halsted
Introduction by:	Josiah Royce
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	570
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-06949-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics
LSN:	1-108-06949-5
Barcode:	9781108069496

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