Science and method / by Henri Poincaré ; translated by Francis Maitland ; with a preface by Bertrand Russell.

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[1914?]
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Credit: Science and method / by Henri Poincaré ; translated by Francis Maitland ; with a preface by Bertrand Russell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS Preface 5 Introduction 9 I. THE SCIENTIST AND SCIENCE. L The Selection of Facts . . . . 15 II. The Future of Mathematics ... 25 III. Mathematical Discovery .... 46 IV. Chance 64 II. MATHEMATICAL REASONING. I. The Relativity of Space .... 93 II. Mathematical Definitions and Education. 117 III. Mathematics and Logic .... 143 IV. The New Logics 160 V. The Last Efforts of the Logisticians . 177 III. THE NEW MECHANICS. I. Mechanics and Radium 199 II. Mechanics and Optics 213 III. The New Mechanics and Astronomy . . 235 IV. ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE. I. The Milky Way and the Theory of Gases . 253 II. French Geodesy 270 General Conclusions 284