The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method. Henri Poincare

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       Henri Poincaré

      The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664651143

Table of Contents

       HENRI POINCARÉ

       SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS

       AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION

       INTRODUCTION

       SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS

       INTRODUCTION

       PART I NUMBER AND MAGNITUDE

       CHAPTER I

       On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning

       CHAPTER II

       Mathematical Magnitude and Experience

       PART II SPACE

       CHAPTER III

       The Non-euclidean Geometries

       CHAPTER IV

       Space and Geometry

       CHAPTER V

       Experience and Geometry

       Ancestral Experience

       PART III FORCE

       CHAPTER VI

       The Classic Mechanics

       CHAPTER VII

       Relative Motion and Absolute Motion

       CHAPTER VIII

       Energy and Thermodynamics

       General Conclusions on Part Third

       PART IV NATURE

       CHAPTER IX

       Hypotheses in Physics

       CHAPTER X

       The Theories of Modern Physics

       CHAPTER XI

       The Calculus of Probabilities

       CHAPTER XII

       Optics and Electricity

       CHAPTER XIII

       Electrodynamics

       THE VALUE OF SCIENCE

       TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION

       INTRODUCTION

       PART I THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

       CHAPTER I

       Intuition and Logic in Mathematics

       CHAPTER II

       The Measure of Time

       CHAPTER III

       The Notion of Space

       CHAPTER IV

       Space and its Three Dimensions

       PART II THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES

       CHAPTER V

       Analysis and Physics

       CHAPTER VI