Science and Hypothesis - Couverture souple

Poincar, Henri

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1602065055 ISBN 13 : 9781602065055

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2007

Synopsis

"But it¿s not that simple, argues Henri Poincare in the preface to Science and Hypothesis, his exposition on hypothesis and its place in the physical sciences. ¿To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.¿ And so, in the interests of reflection, Poincare divides his treatise into four sections (¿Number and Magnitude, ¿ ¿Space, ¿ ¿Force, ¿ and ¿Nature¿) and rigorously examines the development of: ¿ mathematical reasoning ¿ non-Euclidean geometries ¿ the classical mechanics ¿ relative and absolute motion ¿ energy and thermodynamics ¿ the calculus of probabilities ¿ optics and electricity ¿ electrodynamics ¿ and much more. Written as a series of nontechnical essays, Science and Hypothesis will especially be of interest to students of the history and philosophy of science. French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and mathematician HENRI POINCARE (1854¿1912) also wrote New Methods of Celestial Mechanics (1892¿99) and Lessons of Celestial Mechanics. (1905¿10)."

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Science and hypothesis, by Henri PoincarÈ. With a preface by J. Larmor. CONTENTS: 1. Number and magnitude: On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning, Mathematical Magnitude and Experiment.--2. Space: Non-Euclidean Geometries, Space and Geometry, Experiment and Geometry.--3. Force: The Classical Mechanics, Relative and Absolute Motion, Energy and Thermo-Dynamics.--4. Nature: Hypothesis in Physics, The Theories of Modern Physics, The Calculus of Probabilities, Optics and Electricity, Electro-Dynamics. Reproduction of 1905 Edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1602065055
• ISBN 13: 9781602065055
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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