LoC No.: 06001443

Title: Science and hypothesis

Note: For this work in HTML and other formats, see "The foundations of science," PG ebook #39713 .

Contents: 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.

Author: Poincaré, Henri, 1854-1912

Author of introduction, etc.: Larmor, Joseph, 1857-1942

Translator: Greenstreet, W. J. (William John), 1861-1930

EBook No.: 37157

Published: Aug 21, 2011

Downloads: 480

Language: English

Subject: Science -- Philosophy

Subject: Mathematics -- Philosophy

LoCC: Science

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.