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

by Henri Poincaré

Chapters (33)

1 CHAPTER I.--On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning 31
2 CHAPTER II.--Mathematical Magnitude and Experience 43
3 CHAPTER III.--The Non-Euclidean Geometries 55
4 CHAPTER IV.--Space and Geometry 66
5 CHAPTER V.--Experience and Geometry 81
6 CHAPTER VI.--The Classic Mechanics 92
7 CHAPTER VIII.--Energy and Thermodynamics 115
8 CHAPTER IX.--Hypotheses in Physics 127
9 CHAPTER XI.--The Calculus of Probabilities 155
10 CHAPTER XIII.--Electrodynamics 184
11 CHAPTER III.--The Notion of Space 235
12 CHAPTER IV.--Space and its Three Dimensions 256
13 CHAPTER VIII.--The Present Crisis in Physics 303
14 CHAPTER IX.--The Future of Mathematical Physics 314
15 CHAPTER X.--Is Science Artificial? 321
16 CHAPTER XI.--Science and Reality 340
17 CHAPTER II.--French Geodesy 535
18 CHAPTER I
19 CHAPTER II
20 CHAPTER III
21 CHAPTER IV
22 CHAPTER V
23 CHAPTER VI
24 CHAPTER VII
25 CHAPTER VIII
26 CHAPTER IX
27 CHAPTER X
28 CHAPTER XI
29 CHAPTER XII
30 CHAPTER XIII
31 CHAPTER I
32 CHAPTER II
33 CHAPTER III

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CHAPTER VIII.--Energy and Thermodynamics 115

Energetics 115 Thermodynamics 119 General Conclusions on Part III 123

PART IV. _Nature_

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