Henri Poincaré: A Scientific Biography

by Jeremy Gray

Book Overview

A comprehensive look at the mathematics, physics, and philosophy of Henri Poincar

Henri Poincar (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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691152713
• ISBN13: 9780691152714
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"