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Book Henri Poincar    Critic of Crisis

Download or read book Henri Poincar Critic of Crisis written by Tobias Dantzig and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Henri Poincare

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  • Release : 1954
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 149 pages

Download or read book Henri Poincare written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Henri Poincare

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  • Author : Tobias Dantzig
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1954
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Henri Poincare written by Tobias Dantzig and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Value of Science

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  • Author : Henri Poincare
  • Publisher : Modern Library
  • Release : 2012-09-12
  • ISBN : 0307824063
  • Pages : 671 pages

Download or read book The Value of Science written by Henri Poincare and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other writer of the twentieth century, Henri Poincaré brought the elegant, but often complicated, ideas about science and mathematics to the general reader. A genius who throughout his life solved complex mathematical calculations in his head, and a writer gifted with an inimitable style, Poincaré rose to the challenge of interpreting the philosophy of science to scientists and nonscientists alike. His lucid and welcoming prose made him the Carl Sagan of his time. This volume collects his three most important books: Science and Hypothesis (1903); The Value of Science (1905); and Science and Method (1908).

Book Henri Poincar

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  • Author : Ferdinand Verhulst
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-08-11
  • ISBN : 1461424070
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book Henri Poincar written by Ferdinand Verhulst and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the life of Henri Poincaré, his work style and in detail most of his unique achievements in mathematics and physics. Apart from biographical details, attention is given to Poincaré's contributions to automorphic functions, differential equations and dynamical systems, celestial mechanics, mathematical physics in particular the theory of the electron and relativity, topology (analysis situs). A chapter on philosophy explains Poincaré's conventionalism in mathematics and his view of conventionalism in physics; the latter has a very different character. In the foundations of mathematics his position is between intuitionism and axiomatics. One of the purposes of the book is to show how Poincaré reached his fundamentally new results in many different fields, how he thought and how one should read him. One of the new aspects is the description of two large fields of his attention: dynamical systems as presented in his book on `new methods for celestial mechanics' and his theoretical physics papers. At the same time it will be made clear how analysis and geometry are intertwined in Poincaré's thinking and work.In dynamical systems this becomes clear in his description of invariant manifolds, his association of differential equation flow with mappings and his fixed points theory. There is no comparable book on Poincaré, presenting such a relatively complete vision of his life and achievements. There exist some older biographies in the French language, but they pay only restricted attention to his actual work. The reader can obtain from this book many insights in the working of a very original mind while at the same time learning about fundamental results for modern science

Book Last Thoughts

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  • Author : Henri Poincaré
  • Publisher : MultiMedia Publishing
  • Release : 1900
  • ISBN : 6060332919
  • Pages : 99 pages

Download or read book Last Thoughts written by Henri Poincaré and published by MultiMedia Publishing. This book was released on 1900 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henri Poincaré is a mathematician, physicist, philosopher and engineer, born April 29, 1854 in Nancy and died July 17, 1912 in Paris. He has carried out works of major importance in optics and in infinitesimal calculus. His advances on the problem of the three bodies make him a founder of the qualitative study of systems of differential equations and chaos theory; he is also a major precursor of the theory of special relativity and the theory of dynamical systems. Henri Poincaré is considered one of the last great universal scholars, mastering all branches of mathematics of his time and some branches of physics. This book gathers here various articles and lectures that Henri Poincaré himself intended to form the fourth volume of his works of philosophy of science. All the previous ones had already appeared in this collection. It would be useless to recall their prodigious success. The most illustrious of modern mathematicians has been an eminent philosopher, one of those whose books profoundly influence human thought. It is probable that if Henri Poincaré himself had published this volume, he would have modified certain details, removed some repetitions. But it seemed to us that the respect due to the memory of this great death forbade any editing of his text.

Book Henri Poincar

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  • Author : Henri Poincaré
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1921
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 402 pages

Download or read book Henri Poincar written by Henri Poincaré and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Works of Henri Poincare

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  • Author : Henri Poincare
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2015-06-15
  • ISBN : 9781514357736
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book The Works of Henri Poincare written by Henri Poincare and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Works of Henri Poincare is a classic collection of mathematical and physics works by the great scientist.

Book The Principles of Mathematical Physics

Download or read book The Principles of Mathematical Physics written by Henri Poincaré and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will marvel at these principles of mathematical physics written by Henri Poincare, one of the most famous French mathematicians. Contents: History of Mathematical Physics, The Present Crisis of Mathematical Physics, The Future of Mathematical Physics.

Book The Value of Science

Download or read book The Value of Science written by Henri Poincaré and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist," since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime.

Book The Value of Science

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  • Author : Henri Poincaré
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-08-30
  • ISBN : 9781537381541
  • Pages : 82 pages

Download or read book The Value of Science written by Henri Poincaré and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Value of Science - La Valeur de la Science - Henri Poincare - The Value of Science is a book by the French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Henri Poincare. It was published in 1905. The book deals with questions in the philosophy of science and adds detail to the topics addressed by Poincare's previous book, Science and Hypothesis (1902). The search for truth should be the goal of our activities; it is the sole end worthy of them. Doubtless we should first bend our efforts to assuage human suffering, but why? Not to suffer is a negative ideal more surely attained by the annihilation of the world. If we wish more and more to free man from material cares, it is that he may be able to employ the liberty obtained in the study and contemplation of truth. But sometimes truth frightens us. And in fact we know that it is sometimes deceptive, that it is a phantom never showing itself for a moment except to ceaselessly flee, that it must be pursued further and ever further without ever being attained. Yet to work one must stop, as some Greek, Aristotle or another, has said. We also know how cruel the truth often is, and we wonder whether illusion is not more consoling, yea, even more bracing, for illusion it is which gives confidence. When it shall have vanished, will hope remain and shall we have the courage to achieve? Thus would not the horse harnessed to his treadmill refuse to go, were his eyes not bandaged? And then to seek truth it is necessary to be independent, wholly independent. If, on the contrary, we wish to act, to be strong, we should be united. This is why many of us fear truth; we consider it a cause of weakness. Yet truth should not be feared, for it alone is beautiful."

Book Philosophy of Science

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  • Author : Joseph Kockelmans
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2018-04-17
  • ISBN : 1351308513
  • Pages : 511 pages

Download or read book Philosophy of Science written by Joseph Kockelmans and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of selections from the works of noted philosophers affords the student an immediate contact with the unique historical background of the philosophy of science. The selections, many of which have not been readily accessible, follow the development of the philosophy of science from 1786 to 1927. Each selection is preceded by a brief introduction by the editor designed to familiarize the reader with a particular philosopher and provide insights into his work. Joseph J. Kockelmans divides the selections into several sections. Part 1, from 17861850, includes chapters by Immanuel Kant, on the metaphysical foundations of natural science, John Frederick William Herschel, on experience and the analysis of phenomena, William Whewell, on the nature and conditions of inductive science, and John Stuart Mill, on induction and the law of universal causation; part 2, from 18701899, includes chapters by Hermann Von Helmholtz, on the origin and significance of geometrical axioms, William Stanley Jevons, on the philosophy of inductive inference, John Bernard Stallo, on the kinetic theory of gasses and the conditions of the validity of scientific hypotheses, Ernst Mach, on the economical nature of physical inquiry, Karl Pearson, on perceptual and conceptual space, Emile Boutroux, on mechanical laws, Heinrich Hertz, on the appropriateness, correctness, and permissibility of scientific theories, and Ludwig Boltzmann, on the fundamental principles and basic equations of mechanics. The third part, covering the first decade of the twentieth century, includes chapters by Henri Jules Poincare, on science and reality, Charles Peirce, on Induction, Pierre Marie Duhem, on the laws of physics, William Ostwald, on energetism and mechanics, Emile Meyerson, on identity of thought and nature as the final goal of science, Ernst Cassirer, on functional concepts of natural science; part 4, from 19101927, includes chapters by Charles Dunbar Broad, on phenomenalism, Alfred North Whitehead, on time, space, and material, Bertrand Russell, on the world of physics and the world of sense, Norman Robert Cambbell, on the meaning of science, Moritz Schlick, on basic issues of the philosophy of natural science, and Percy Williams Bridgman, on the concepts of space, time, and causality. Philosophy of Science provides a concise single volume text to the discipline and enables students to understand and evaluate the various trends in our contemporary philosophy of science. Joseph J. Kockelmans is professor emeritus of philosophy at the Pennsylvania State Univers

Book Duchamp and the Aesthetics of Chance

Download or read book Duchamp and the Aesthetics of Chance written by Herbert Molderings and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situating Duchamp firmly within the literature & philosophy of his time, Herbert Molderings recaptures the spirit of a frequently misread artist & his aesthetic of chance.

Book The Foundations of Science

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  • Author : Henri Poincaré
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2010-03-16
  • ISBN : 0557323665
  • Pages : 570 pages

Download or read book The Foundations of Science written by Henri Poincaré and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Foundations of Science collects Henri Poincaré three most important books: Science and Hypothesis (1903); The Value of Science (1905); and Science and Method (1908). Reproduction of 1921 Edition.

Book Henri Poincare  A Biography Through The Daily Papers

Download or read book Henri Poincare A Biography Through The Daily Papers written by Jean-marc Ginoux and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 17, 2012, the centenary of Henri Poincaré's death was commemorated; his name being associated with so many fields of knowledge that he was considered as the Last Universalist. In Pure and Applied Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Engineering and Philosophy, his works have had a great impact all over the world. Poincaré acquired in his lifetime such a reputation that, both nationally and internationally, his life and career were made the object of various articles in the daily papers not only in France, but also in the USA. Some of his philosophical concepts have even caused sharp controversies in the Press (as we will discover in this book).This work presents an original portrait of Henri Poincaré based on various press cuttings from The New York Times, The San Francisco Sunday Call, The Times, The Sun, The Washington Post that chronicled unknown anecdotes of his life (for example, his first name was actually not Henri, but Henry; he obtained his high school diploma in sciences with a zero in mathematics, etc.). Such an approach enables the discovering of many forgotten or unknown aspects of his scientific and philosophical works as well as his important role in the public sphere.

Book Science and Hypothesis

Download or read book Science and Hypothesis written by Henri Poincaré and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book From Newton to Chaos

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  • Author : Archie E. Roy
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-06-29
  • ISBN : 1489910859
  • Pages : 573 pages

Download or read book From Newton to Chaos written by Archie E. Roy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reader will find in this volume the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, between July 25 and August 6, 1993, under the title From Newton to Chaos: Modem Techniques for Understanding and Coping With Chaos inN-Body Dynamical Systems. This institute was the latest in a series of meetings held every three years from 1972 to 1990 in dynamical astronomy, theoretical mechanics and celestial mechanics. The proceedings from these institutes have been well-received in the international community of research workers in these disciplines. The present institute was well attended with 15 series of lectures being given by invited speakers: in addition some 40 presentations were made by the other participants. The majority of these contributions are included in these proceedings. The all-pervading influence of chaos in dynamical systems (of even a few variables) has now been universally recognised by researchers, a recognition forced on us by our ability, using powerful computer hardware and software, to tackle dynamical problems that until twenty-five years ago were intractable. Doubtless it was felt by many that these new techniques provided a break-through in celestial mechanics and its related disciplines. And so they were.