Science and Hypothesis
'Science and Hypothesis' Summary
In this book, Poincaré describes open scientific questions regarding the photo-electric effect, Brownian motion, and the relativity of physical laws in space. Reading this book inspired Albert Einstein's subsequent Annus Mirabilis papers published in 1905.
A new translation was published in November 2017.
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FrenchPublished In
1902Authors
Henri Poincare
France
Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist",...
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