Science and hypothesis
By: by H. Poincaré. With a preface by J. Larmor.
Contributors: Greenstreet, William John, 1861-1930, tr.; Larmor, Joseph, Sir, 1857-
Publisher: Scott
Published: 1905
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Science -- Philosophy; Mathematics -- Philosophy
Notes: Translated by W. J. G.; i.e., William John Greenstreet.
Table of contents: label: CONTENTS
pagenum: v; label: TRANSLATOR NOTES
pagenum: ix; label: INTRODUCTION
pagenum: xi; label: AUTHOR PREFACE
pagenum: xxi; label: PART I.
title: NUMBER AND MAGNITUDE; label: CHAPTER I.
title: ON THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICAL REASONING
pagenum: 1; label: CHAPTER II.
title: MATHEMATICAL MAGNITUDE AND EXPERIMENT
pagenum: 17; label: PART II.
title: SPACE; label: CHAPTER III.
title: NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES
pagenum: 35; label: CHAPTER IV.
title: SPACE AND GEOMETRY
pagenum: 51; label: CHAPTER V.
title: EXPERIMENT AND GEOMETRY
pagenum: 72; label: PART III.
title: FORCE; label: CHAPTER VI.
title: THE CLASSICAL MECHANICS
pagenum: 89; label: CHAPTER VII.
title: RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE MOTION
pagenum: 111; label: CHAPTER VIII.
title: ENERGY AND THERMO-DYNAMICS
pagenum: 123; label: PART IV.
title: NATURE; label: CHAPTER IX.
title: HYPOTHESES IN PHYSICS
pagenum: 140; label: CHAPTER X.
title: THE THEORIES OF MODERN PHYSICS
pagenum: 160; label: CHAPTER XI.
title: THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES
pagenum: 183; label: CHAPTER XII.
title: OPTICS AND ELECTRICITY
pagenum: 211; label: CHAPTER XIII.
title: ELECTRO-DYNAMICS
pagenum: 225