Science and Method (Key Texts S.) - Softcover

Poincare, Jules Henri

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ISBN 10: 1890318825 ISBN 13: 9781890318826

Verlag: St Augustine's Press, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Preface by Bertrand Russell; One of the Greatest mathematician of his age, Poincare here deals with a variety of issues of methodology: the selection of facts for study, the calculation of errors, and the use of statistical methods to compensate for errors, and the use of statistical methods to compensate for errors. It also contains an attack on logicism in the foundations of mathematics, and an early account of the significance of methodology of the "new mechanics" of radioactive decay.

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One of the great mathematicians of his age, Poincare here deals with a variety of issues of methodology: the selection of facts for study, the calculation of errors, and the use of statistical methods to compensate for errors. It also contains an attack on logicism in the foundations of mathematics, and an early account of the significance of methodology of the "new mechanics" of radioactive decay.

Biografía del autor

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was born in England and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. His long career established him as one of the most influential philosophers, mathematicians, and social reformers of the twentieth century.

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• Verlag: St Augustine's Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1890318825
• ISBN 13: 9781890318826
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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