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

The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, 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. Sir George Darwin, worthy son of an immortal father, said, referring to what Poincar was to him and to his work: "He must be regarded as the presiding geniusor, shall I say, my patron saint?" Henri Poincar was born April 29, 1854, at Nancy, where his father was a physician highly respected. His schooling was broken into by the war of 1870-71, to get news of which he learned to read the German newspapers. He outclassed the other boys of his age in all subjects and in 1873 passed highest into the cole Polytechnique, where, like John Bolyai at Maros Vsrhely, he followed the courses in mathematics without taking a note and without the syllabus. He proceeded in 1875 to the School of Mines, and was Nomm, March 26, 1879. But he won his doctorate in the University of Paris, August 1, 1879, and was appointed to teach in the Facult des Sciences de Caen, December 1, 1879, whence he was quickly called to the University of Paris, teaching there from October 21, 1881, until his death, July 17, 1912. So it is an error to say he started as an engineer. At the early age of thirty-two he became a member of l'Acadmie des Sciences, and, March 5, 1908, was chosen Membre de l'Acadmie Franaise. July 1, 1909, the number of his writings was 436. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 39713
Author: Poincaré, Henri
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Halsted, George Bruce, 1853-1922