The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method

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CONTENTS

HENRI POINCARE

SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS INTRODUCTION

PART I NUMBER AND MAGNITUDE CHAPTER I On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning I

PART II SPACE CHAPTER III The Non-euclidean Geometries

PART III FORCE CHAPTER VI The Classic Mechanics

PART IV NATURE CHAPTER IX Hypotheses in Physics

PART I THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES CHAPTER I Intuition and Logic in Mathematics I

PART II THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES CHAPTER V Analysis and Physics I

PART III THE OBJECTIVE VALUE OF SCIENCE CHAPTER X Is Science Artificial? 1 The Philosophy of M. LeRoy

BOOK I SCIENCE AND THE SCIENTIST CHAPTER I The Choice of Facts

BOOK II MATHEMATICAL REASONING CHAPTER I The Relativity of Space I

BOOK III THE NEW MECHANICS CHAPTER I Mechanics and Radium I Introduction

BOOK IV ASTRONOMIC SCIENCE CHAPTER I The Milky Way and the Theory of Gases

INDEX

FOOTNOTES

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

A SERIES OF VOLUMES FOR THE PROMOTION OF
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

Edited by J. McKEEN CATTELL

VOLUME I—THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE

UNDER THE SAME EDITORSHIP


SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. A series of volumes for the promotion of scientific research and educational progress.

    Volume I. The Foundations of Science. By H. PoincarÉ. Containing the authorised English translation by George Bruce Halsted of "Science and Hypothesis," "The Value of Science," and "Science and Method."

    Volume II. Medical Research and Education. By Richard Mills Pearce, William H. Welch, W. H. Howell, Franklin P. Mall, Lewellys F. Barker, Charles S. Minot, W. B. Cannon, W. T. Councilman Theobald Smith, G. N. Stewart, C. M. Jackson, E. P. Lyon, James B. Herrick, John M. Dodson, C. R. Bardeen, W. Ophuls, S. J. Meltzer, James Ewing, W. W. Keen, Henry H. Donaldson, Christian A. Herter, and Henry P. Bowditch.

    Volume III. University Control. By J. McKeen Cattell and other authors.

AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE. A Biographical Directory.

SCIENCE. A weekly journal devoted to the advancement of science. The official organ of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. A monthly magazine devoted to the diffusion of science.

THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. A monthly journal devoted to the biological sciences, with special reference to the factors of evolution.


THE SCIENCE PRESS
NEW YORK        GARRISON, N. Y.

THE FOUNDATIONS
OF SCIENCE

SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS
THE VALUE OF SCIENCE
SCIENCE AND METHOD

BY
H. POINCARÉ

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY
GEORGE BRUCE HALSTED

WITH A SPECIAL PREFACE BY POINCARÉ, AND AN INTRODUCTION
BY JOSIAH ROYCE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

THE SCIENCE PRESS
NEW YORK AND GARRISON, N. Y.
1913

Copyright, 1913
BY The Science Press

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