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Science and Hypothesis Paperback – May 1, 2007

by Henri Poincar (Author), W. J. Greenstreet (Translator)

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"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)."

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Product Details

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Cosimo Classics (May 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1602065055
ISBN-13: 978-1602065055
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Typos galore!

By Richard Thompson on November 30, 2009

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This printing of Poincare's book is FULL OF PRINTING ERRORS. Worse still, many of the math expressions are printed with random symbols and the expressions appear as pure gibberish. I suspect this product was "created" by Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology without troubling to compensate for OCR errors. This book badly needs careful editing, and should be taken off the shelves until it is corrected.

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Fine reproduction of a scientific classic

By Richard Thompson on December 5, 2009

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This book is a 1905 English translation of Poincare's "La Science et l'hypothèse" which was originally published in 1903. It is an excellent reproduction, obviously photographic, with none of the contamination rife in books "re-created" by optical character recognition software. It is published by Forgotten Books ([...]), who say on their webpage: "We reprint classical literature and old books that have long been out of print."

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A LANDMARK BOOK IN THE CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

By Steven H Propp TOP 100 REVIEWER on September 30, 2014

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Jules Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He also wrote The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincaré, The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method, etc. [NOTE: page numbers refer to a 240-page Dover paperback edition.]

He wrote in the Author's Preface to this 1902 book, "The method of the physical sciences is based up the induction which leads us to expect the recurrence of a phenomenon when the circumstances which give rise to it are repeated. If all the circumstances could be simultaneously reproduced, this principle could be fearlessly applied; but this never happens; some of the circumstances will always be missing. Are we absolutely certain that they are unimportant? Evidently not! It may be probable, but it cannot be rigorously certain. Hence the importance of the role that is played in the physical sciences by the law of probability. The calculus of probabilities is therefore not merely a recreation... and we must thoroughly examine the principles on which it is based... I have but very incomplete results to lay before the reader, for the vague instinct which enables us to determine probability almost defies analysis." (Pg. xxvi-xxvii)

He suggests, "The geometrical axioms are therefore neither synthetic à priori intuitions nor experimental facts. They are conventions.Read more ›

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