Science and Hypothesis - Henri Poincar??? La Science et l'Hypoth???se - Translated by George Bruce Halsted. Science and Hypothesis is a book by French mathematician Henri Poincar???, first published in 1902. Aimed at a non-specialist readership, it deals with mathematics, space, physics and nature. It puts forward the theses that absolute truth in science is unattainable, and that many commonly held beliefs of scientists are held as convenient conventions rather than because they are more valid than the alternatives. The ...
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Science and Hypothesis - Henri Poincar??? La Science et l'Hypoth???se - Translated by George Bruce Halsted. Science and Hypothesis is a book by French mathematician Henri Poincar???, first published in 1902. Aimed at a non-specialist readership, it deals with mathematics, space, physics and nature. It puts forward the theses that absolute truth in science is unattainable, and that many commonly held beliefs of scientists are held as convenient conventions rather than because they are more valid than the alternatives. The treatise of a master needs no commendation through the words of a mere learner. But, since my friend and former fellow student, the translator of this volume, has joined with another of my colleagues, Professor Cattell, in asking me to undertake the task of calling the attention of my fellow students to the importance and to the scope of M. Poincar???'s volume, I accept the office, not as one competent to pass judgment upon the book, but simply as a learner, desirous to increase the number of those amongst us who are already interested in the type of researches to which M. Poincar??? has so notably contributed.
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