Umfang:
1 online resource (xi, 553 pages)
ISBN:
9781107252950
,
9781108069496
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. History of science
Inhalt:
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.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781108069496
Weitere Ausg.:
Poincaré, Henri, 1854 - 1912 The foundations of science Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 ISBN 9781108069496
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Mathematik
,
Philosophie
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107252950
Mehr zum Autor:
Halsted, George Bruce 1853-1922
Mehr zum Autor:
Poincaré, Henri 1854-1912