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Henri Poincaré (1854–1912)

Author of Science and Hypothesis

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About the Author

Jules Henri Poincare is considered by many to be the last of the great universalist mathematicians, one who could comprehend and make significant contributions to virtually all branches of mathematics known in his day (the same has been said of Hilbert). Poincare studied at the Ecole Polytechnique, show more becoming professor of mathematics in 1881. Poincare also did important work in mathematical physics and astronomy. Above all, he opened many new fields to mathematicians, especially algebraic topology. He also made singular discoveries in the theory of complex variables (especially his discovery of automorphic functions), differential equations, and celestial mechanics. In addition, Poincare wrote for general audiences, making important contributions to both the philosophy and foundations of mathematics. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Henri Poincaré

Science and Hypothesis (1901) 363 copies
Science and Method (1908) 161 copies
Ultimi pensieri (1963) 38 copies
Ensaios Fundamentais (2008) 6 copies
Science and method (2019) 2 copies
Poincaré 2 copies
L'analyse et la recherche (1991) 2 copies
Die neue Mechanik. (1910) 1 copy
Bilim ve Hipotez (2019) 1 copy
Science and method (2020) 1 copy
Science & Method (1914) 1 copy
Henri Poincaré (2006) 1 copy
Poincaré 1 copy

Associated Works

The World of Mathematics, Volume 4 (1956) — Contributor — 123 copies
The World of Mathematics, Volume 2 (1956) — Contributor — 118 copies

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Non è un libro facile, ma è estremamente interessante per chi conosce già un poco la figura di Poincaré e desidera approfondirne lo studio.
In parte trascrizioni di conferenze, in parte brevi saggi composti negli ultimi anni della sua vita, gli Ultimi Pensieri offrono uno scorcio particolare sulle idee di questo filosofo e matematico osannato in Francia ma non abbastanza conosciuto oltre i confini della madrepatria, senza il quale, chissà, forse la storia della scienza avrebbe seguito un corso diverso da quello che conosciamo.… (more)
 
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Eva_Filoramo | May 3, 2018 |
I have many books by contemporary authors that propose to popularize math, science and philosophy and some are very good. This is an original work by one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Henri Poincare not only contributed to many different fields of mathematics, but invented a few himself. He was a great expositor of scientific learning and philsophy as well.

This little book was extremely influentual in the science world and with the general public early in the 20th century and is still published and a great benefit to today's reader. Even the least curious among us have probably heard Poincare's name bandied about in the past few years' newspapers (Poincre's Conjecture) and most of us have at least heard of Einstein's theory of relativity. Poincare not only had an immense influence on Einstein, he 'almost' had the theory of relativity worked out for himself before Einstein.

Science and Method should be a required read by any student of science or philosophy, and it won't hurt the rest of us to broaden and deepen our views.

As a side note for any chaos theory aficionados out there; this book is where Poincare discussed some of the basics dynamical systems and why he is sometimes called the "father of chaos theory".
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