The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method
by OpenStories
Original author: Henri Poincaré
"The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science" by Henri Poincaré is a philosophical work published in 1904. This French mathematician and physicist explores fundamental questions about how science works, examining the interplay between intuition and logic in mathematics, and the deep connections between mathematical theory and physical reality. Poincaré investigates how scientists choose theories, why mathematical language proves essential for physics, and confronts emerging crises challenging established principles like energy conservation and Newton's laws at the dawn of the twentieth century.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method, by Henri Poincaré. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #39713.
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45 Chapters
- 1.Front Matter546 words
- 2.Chapter XIII: Electrodynamics 184337 words
- 3.Chapter II: French Geodesy 5352,497 words
- 4.Introduction: By Professor Josiah Royce6,258 words
- 5.Introduction1,272 words
- 6.Chapter I: On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning3,806 words
- 7.Chapter II: Mathematical Magnitude and Experience4,074 words
- 8.Chapter III: The Non-Euclidean Geometries3,625 words
- 9.Chapter IV: Space and Geometry4,877 words
- 10.Chapter V: Experience and Geometry3,974 words
- 11.Chapter VI: The Classic Mechanics5,444 words
- 12.Chapter VII: Relative Motion and Absolute Motion2,767 words
- 13.Chapter VIII: Energy and Thermodynamics3,994 words
- 14.Chapter IX: Hypotheses in Physics4,825 words
- 15.Chapter X: The Theories of Modern Physics5,440 words
- 16.Chapter XI: The Calculus of Probabilities7,074 words
- 17.Chapter XII: Optics and Electricity3,270 words
- 18.Chapter XIII: Electrodynamics5,827 words
- 19.Introduction1,734 words
- 20.Chapter I: Intuition and Logic in Mathematics4,520 words
- 21.Chapter II: The Measure of Time4,227 words
- 22.Chapter III: The Notion of Space7,882 words
- 23.Chapter IV: Space and Its Three Dimensions9,153 words
- 24.Chapter V: Analysis and Physics3,385 words
- 25.Chapter VI: Astronomy2,739 words
- 26.Chapter VII: The History of Mathematical Physics1,966 words
- 27.Chapter VIII: The Present Crisis of Mathematical Physics4,109 words
- 28.Chapter IX: The Future of Mathematical Physics2,313 words
- 29.Chapter X: Is Science Artificial?7,327 words
- 30.Chapter XI: Science and Reality6,087 words
- 31.Introduction873 words
- 32.Chapter I: The Choice of Facts2,561 words
- 33.Chapter II: The Future of Mathematics5,377 words
- 34.Chapter III: Mathematical Creation4,597 words
- 35.Chapter IV: Chance6,967 words
- 36.Chapter I: The Relativity of Space6,464 words
- 37.Chapter II: Mathematical Definitions and Teaching6,524 words
- 38.Introduction4,019 words
- 39.Chapter IV: The New Logics3,992 words
- 40.Chapter V: The Latest Efforts of the Logisticians4,644 words
- 41.Chapter I: Mechanics and Radium3,436 words
- 42.Chapter II: Mechanics and Optics5,558 words
- 43.Chapter III: The New Mechanics and Astronomy3,977 words
- 44.Chapter I: The Milky Way and the Theory of Gases4,586 words
- 45.Chapter II: French Geodesy5,456 words