Science and method (Cosimo Classics)

"Henri Poincareżs Science and Method is an examination of the process scientists go through when determining which of the countless facts before them will be most useful in advancing scientific knowledge. In this highly readable textżfirst published in 1908 and here presented in a 1914 translationżPoincare investigates mathematics, logic, physics, mechanics, and astronomy and discusses how the methods of selection differ with each field. Topics discussed include:ż the selection of factsż the future of mathematicsż chanceż the relativity of spaceż mathematics and logicż mechanics and radiumż mechanics and opticsż the new mechanics and astronomyż the Milky Way and the theory of gasesż and much more.French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and mathematician HENRI POINCARE (1854ż1912) also wrote New Methods of Celestial Mechanics (1892ż99) and Lessons of Celestial Mechanics. (1905ż10)."