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

Henri Poincaré

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 548 pages

This volume gathers three classic essay collections by Henri Poincaré: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, and Science and Method. Across them, the mathematician and physicist reflects on scientific reasoning, the role of hypotheses, and the relationship between theory and experience. It invites readers to think about how science works and why it matters.

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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
PRESS OF
THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY
LANCASTER, PA.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Henri Poincaré
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Contents

  1. THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
  2. SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS
  3. THE VALUE OF SCIENCE
  4. SCIENCE AND METHOD

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