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    Science and Method (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

    By Henri Poincare and Amit Hagar

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    "[T]he untrammeled reflections of a broad and cultivated mind upon the procedure and the postulates of scientific discovery." - Bertrand Russell

    Henri Poincaré's Science and Method (1908) was one of the most talked-about books in turn-of-the-century France, and it remains a fine example of the author's philosophical scholarship. Starting from first principles and written in Poincaré's unique and inimitable style, the book encompasses a wide variety of methodological topics in science. It also contains Poincaré's personal views on much-discussed contemporary issues such as the theory of relativity, the applicability of the calculus of probability in physics, and the foundations of mathematics. Few would disagree that it is the clarity of the exposition that makes Poincaré's writing so compelling and impressive, as it conveys even the most complex idea in a down-to-earth and unaffected manner.
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    PublisherBarnes & Noble
    Release dateSep 1, 2009
    ISBN9781411430167
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      I have many books by contemporary authors that propose to popularize math, science and philosophy and some are very good. This is an original work by one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Henri Poincare not only contributed to many different fields of mathematics, but invented a few himself. He was a great expositor of scientific learning and philsophy as well. This little book was extremely influentual in the science world and with the general public early in the 20th century and is still published and a great benefit to today's reader. Even the least curious among us have probably heard Poincare's name bandied about in the past few years' newspapers (Poincre's Conjecture) and most of us have at least heard of Einstein's theory of relativity. Poincare not only had an immense influence on Einstein, he 'almost' had the theory of relativity worked out for himself before Einstein. Science and Method should be a required read by any student of science or philosophy, and it won't hurt the rest of us to broaden and deepen our views. As a side note for any chaos theory aficionados out there; this book is where Poincare discussed some of the basics dynamical systems and why he is sometimes called the "father of chaos theory".