{"product_id":"science-and-method-george-bruce-halsted-9781534945906","title":"Science and Method","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience and Method\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenri Poincar \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by George Bruce Halsted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJules Henri Poincar  29 April 1854 - 17 July 1912, was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and a philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as The Last Universalist by Eric Temple Bell, since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI bring together here different studies relating more or less directly to questions of scientific methodology. The scientific method consists in observing and experimenting; if the scientist had at his disposal infinite time, it would only be necessary to say to him: 'Look and notice well'; but, as there is not time to see everything, and as it is better not to see than to see wrongly, it is necessary for him to make choice. The first question, therefore, is how he should make this choice. This question presents itself as well to the physicist as to the historian; it presents itself equally to the mathematician, and the principles which should guide each are not without analogy. The scientist conforms to them instinctively, and one can, reflecting on these principles, foretell the future of mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe shall understand them better yet if we observe the scientist at work, and first of all it is necessary to know the psychologic mechanism of invention and, in particular, that of mathematical creation. Observation of the processes of the work of the mathematician is particularly instructive for the psychologist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook I. Science and the Scientist \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Choice of Facts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Future of Mathematics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMathematical Creation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook II. Mathematical Reasoning \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Relativity of Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMathematical Definitions and Teaching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMathematics and Logic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe New Logics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Latest Efforts of the Logisticians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook III. The New Mechanics \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMechanics and Radium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMechanics and Optics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe New Mechanics and Astronomy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook IV. Astronomic Science\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Milky Way and the Theory of Gases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrench Geodesy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Conclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Bruce Halsted, Henri Poincare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1534945903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534945906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.28d","brand":"George Bruce Halsted","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936950288639,"sku":"9781534945906","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0ab5b6a9-8d2e-4ca9-a4ee-dc67f057f5e9.jpg?v=1681427433","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-and-method-george-bruce-halsted-9781534945906","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}