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

Astronomy

       CHAPTER VII

       The History of Mathematical Physics

       CHAPTER VIII

       The Present Crisis of Mathematical Physics

       CHAPTER IX

       The Future of Mathematical Physics

       PART III THE OBJECTIVE VALUE OF SCIENCE

       CHAPTER X

       Is Science Artificial?

       CHAPTER XI

       Science and Reality

       SCIENCE AND METHOD

       INTRODUCTION

       BOOK I SCIENCE AND THE SCIENTIST

       CHAPTER I

       The Choice of Facts

       CHAPTER II

       The Future of Mathematics

       Arithmetic

       Algebra

       Geometry

       Cantorism

       The Investigation of the Postulates

       CHAPTER III

       Mathematical Creation

       CHAPTER IV

       Chance

       BOOK II MATHEMATICAL REASONING

       CHAPTER I

       The Relativity of Space

       CHAPTER II

       Mathematical Definitions and Teaching

       Arithmetic

       Geometry

       Mechanics

       CHAPTER III

       Mathematics and Logic

       CHAPTER IV

       The New Logics

       CHAPTER V

       The Latest Efforts of the Logisticians

       BOOK III THE NEW MECHANICS

       CHAPTER I

       Mechanics and Radium

       CHAPTER II

       Mechanics and Optics

       CHAPTER III

       The New Mechanics and Astronomy

       BOOK IV ASTRONOMIC SCIENCE

       CHAPTER I

       The Milky Way and the Theory of Gases

       CHAPTER II

       French Geodesy

       GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

       INDEX

HENRI POINCARÉ

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      Sir George Darwin, worthy son of an immortal father, said, referring to what Poincaré was to him and to his work: "He must be regarded as the presiding genius—or, shall I say, my patron saint?"

      Henri Poincaré was born April 29, 1854, at Nancy, where his father was a physician highly respected. His schooling was broken into by the war