Science and Hypothesis

Science and Hypothesis  (1905)  by Henri Poincaré, translated by William John Greenstreet

Link to scans, Translation (1905) of Poincaré's book La Science et l’hypothèse (1902).

SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS

BY

H. POINCARÉ,

MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.

With a Preface by

J. LARMOR, D.Sc., Sec. R.S.,

Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge,

London and Newcastle-on-Tyne:

THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD.

NEW YORK: 3 EAST 14TH STREET.

1905.

CONTENTS.
	PAGE
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE	ix
INTRODUCTION	xi
AUTHOR'S PREFACE	xxi
PART I.
NUMBER AND MAGNITUDE.
CHAPTER I.
ON THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICAL REASONING	I
CHAPTER II.
MATHEMATICAL MAGNITUDE AND EXPERIMENT	17
PART II.
SPACE.
CHAPTER III.
NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES	35

CHAPTER IV.	PAGE
SPACE AND GEOMETRY	51
CHAPTER V.
EXPERIMENT AND GEOMETRY	72
PART III.
FORCE.
CHAPTER VI.
THE CLASSICAL MECHANICS	89
CHAPTER VII.
RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE MOTION	111
CHAPTER VIII.
ENERGY AND THERMO-DYNAMICS	123
PART IV.
NATURE.
CHAPTER IX.
HYPOTHESES IN PHYSICS	140

CHAPTER X.	PAGE
THE THEORIES OF MODERN PHYSICS	160
CHAPTER XI.
THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES	183
CHAPTER XII.
OPTICS AND ELECTRICITY	211
CHAPTER XIII.
ELECTRO-DYNAMICS	225