TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poincaré,Henri
AU  - Halsted,George Bruce
AU  - Poincaré,Henri
AU  - Poincaré,Henri
AU  - Poincaré,Henri
TI  - The foundations of science: science and hypothesis, the value of science, science and method 
T2  - Cambridge library collection. History of science
SN  - 9781107252950 (ebook)
AV  - Q175 .P692513 2015
U1  - 501 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Originally published: New York : The Science Press, 1913; Science and hypothesis -- The value of science -- Science and method
N2  - A member of the Académie française, Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His discovery of chaotic motion laid the foundations of modern chaos theory, and he was acknowledged by Einstein as a key contributor in the field of special relativity. He earned his enduring reputation as a philosopher of mathematics and science with this elegantly written work, which was first published in French as three separate essays: Science and Hypothesis (1902), The Value of Science (1905), and Science and Method (1908). Poincaré asserts that much scientific work is a matter of convention, and that intuition and prediction play key roles. George Halsted's authorised 1913 English translation retains Poincaré's lucid prose style, presenting complex ideas for both professional scientists and those readers interested in the history of mathematics and the philosophy of science
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107252950
ER  -