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Value of Science Essential Writings of Henri Poincare

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ISBN-10: 0375758488

ISBN-13: 9780375758485

Edition: 2001

Authors: Henri Poincare

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Introduced by Stephen Jay Gould, Value of Science contains lucid and compelling writings on science and mathematics by the 20th century's greatest interpreter of popular science.
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Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/2/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.54" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Biographical Note
Introduction to the Modern Library Science Series
Science and Hypothesis
Number and Magnitude
On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning
Mathematical Magnitude and Experiment
Space
Non-Euclidean Geometries
Space and Geometry
Experiment and Geometry
Force
The Classical Mechanics
Relative and Absolute Motion
Energy and Thermo-Dynamics
Nature
Hypotheses in Physics
The Theories of Modern Physics
The Calculus of Probabilities
Optics and Electricity
Electro-Dynamics
The Value of Science
The Mathematical Sciences
Intuition and Logic in Mathematics
The Measure of Time
The Notion of Space
Space and Its Three Dimensions
The Physical Sciences
Analysis and Physics
Astronomy
The History of Mathematical Physics
The Present Crisis of Mathematical Physics
The Future of Mathematical Physics
The Objective Value of Science
Is Science Artificial?
Science and Reality
Science and Method
The Scientist and Science
The Selection of Facts
The Future of Mathematics
Mathematical Discovery
Chance
Mathematical Reasoning
The Relativity of Space
Mathematical Definitions and Education
Mathematics and Logic
The New Logics
The Last Efforts of the Logisticians
The New Mechanics
Mechanics and Radium
Mechanics and Optics
The New Mechanics and Astronomy
Astronomical Science
The Milky Way and the Theory of Gases
French Geodesy
General Conclusions
Index