Description: Further DetailsTitle: Henri PoincaréCondition: NewEAN: 9780691152714ISBN: 9780691152714Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/25/2012Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 992gAuthor: Jeremy GrayLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Scientific BiographyISBN-10: 0691152713Description: Henri Poincare (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time--he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics and a prominent philosopher of science whose fresh and surprising essays are still in print a century later. The first in-depth and comprehensive look at his many accomplishments, Henri Poincare explores all the fields that Poincare touched, the debates sparked by his original investigations, and how his discoveries still contribute to society today. Math historian Jeremy Gray shows that Poincare's influence was wide-ranging and permanent. His novel interpretation of non-Euclidean geometry challenged contemporary ideas about space, stirred heated discussion, and led to flourishing research. His work in topology began the modern study of the subject, recently highlighted by the successful resolution of the famous Poincare conjecture. And Poincare's reformulation of celestial mechanics and discovery of chaotic motion started the modern theory of dynamical systems.In physics, his insights on the Lorentz group preceded Einstein's, and he was the first to indicate that space and time might be fundamentally atomic. Poincare the public intellectual did not shy away from scientific controversy, and he defended mathematics against the attacks of logicians such as Bertrand Russell, opposed the views of Catholic apologists, and served as an expert witness in probability for the notorious Dreyfus case that polarized France. Richly informed by letters and documents, Henri Poincare demonstrates how one man's work revolutionized math, science, and the greater world.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Science Nature & MathTopic: BiographyRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Henri Poincaré
Title: Henri Poincaré
EAN: 9780691152714
ISBN: 9780691152714
Release Date: 11/25/2012
Release Year: 2012
Subtitle: A Scientific Biography
ISBN-10: 0691152713
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Topic: Biography
Number of Pages: 608 Pages
Publication Name: Henri Poincaré : a Scientific Biography
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: History & Philosophy, Cultural Heritage, General, Science & Technology
Item Height: 1.9 in
Item Weight: 35 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Jeremy Gray
Subject Area: Mathematics, Biography & Autobiography
Item Width: 6.6 in
Format: Hardcover
