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: 311
Language: English
Subject: Science -- Philosophy
Subject: Mathematics -- Philosophy
LoCC: Science
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.