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Science and Hypothesis (1901)

by Henri Poincaré

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Science and Hypothesis is a classic text in history and philosophy of science. Widely popular since its original publication in 1902, this first new translation of the work in over a century features unpublished material missing from earlier editions. Addressing errors introduced by Greenstreet and Halsted in their early 20th-century translations, it incorporates all the changes, corrections and additions Poincaré made over the years. Taking care to update the writing for a modern audience, Poincaré's ideas and arguments on the role of hypotheses in mathematics and in science become clearer and closer to his original meaning, while David J. Stump's introduction gives fresh insights into Poincaré's philosophy of science. By approaching Science and Hypothesis from a contemporary perspective, it presents a better understanding of Poincare's hierarchy of the sciences, with arithmetic as the foundation, geometry as the science of space, then mechanics and the rest of physics. For philosophers of science and scientists working on problems of space, time and relativity, this is a much needed translation of a ground-breaking work which demonstrates why Poincaré is still relevant today.… (more)
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Mooij, J.J.A.Introductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Stofbergen, LeenderCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Science and Hypothesis is a classic text in history and philosophy of science. Widely popular since its original publication in 1902, this first new translation of the work in over a century features unpublished material missing from earlier editions. Addressing errors introduced by Greenstreet and Halsted in their early 20th-century translations, it incorporates all the changes, corrections and additions Poincaré made over the years. Taking care to update the writing for a modern audience, Poincaré's ideas and arguments on the role of hypotheses in mathematics and in science become clearer and closer to his original meaning, while David J. Stump's introduction gives fresh insights into Poincaré's philosophy of science. By approaching Science and Hypothesis from a contemporary perspective, it presents a better understanding of Poincare's hierarchy of the sciences, with arithmetic as the foundation, geometry as the science of space, then mechanics and the rest of physics. For philosophers of science and scientists working on problems of space, time and relativity, this is a much needed translation of a ground-breaking work which demonstrates why Poincaré is still relevant today.

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La Science et l'Hypothèse est un ouvrage destiné au grand public et par lequel le mathématicien Henri Poincaré fait le point sur ce qu'il faut attendre ou non des sciences concernant les quatre sujets suivants :

* les mathématiques

* les caractéristiques de l'espace (y compris en géométrie non-euclidienne)

* les connaissances physiques (mécanique classique, relativité des mouvements, énergie, thermodynamique)

* la nature (hypothèses en physique, rôle des probabilités, optique, électricité et électrodynamique, fin de l'idée classique de matière)

et des relations qui existent entre les unes et les autres.
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