AuthorPoincare, Henri
TitleScience and hypothesis / Henri Poincare; with a pref. by J. Larmor
Imprint [New York : Dover, 1952]
Descript 244 p. : ill

CONTENT

2PartI Number and magnitude--On the nature of mathematical reasoning--Mathematical magnitude and experiment--PartII Space--Non-euclidean Geometries--Space and geometry--Experiment and geometry--PartIII Force--The classical mechanics--Relative and absolute motion--Energy and thermo-dynamics--Part IV Nature--Hypotheses in physics--The theories of modern physics--The calculus of probabilities--Optics and electricity--Electro-dynamics


SUBJECT

  1. Science -- Philosophy
  2. Mathematics -- Philosophy
  3. Probabilities

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Science LibraryQA273 S416p 1952 CHECK SHELVES