Science and Hypothesis

Short description: Book by Henri Poincaré

Science and Hypothesis

Title page of 1905 edition, with preface by Joseph Larmor

Original title| La Science et l'Hypothèse
Country| France
Language| French
Subject| Science
Published| 1902
Media type| Print
Text| Science and Hypothesis at Wikisource

Science and Hypothesis (French: La Science et l'Hypothèse) is a book by French mathematician Henri Poincaré, first published in 1902. Aimed at a non-specialist readership, it deals with mathematics, space, physics and nature.[1][2][3] It puts forward the theses that absolute truth in science is unattainable, and that many commonly held beliefs of scientists are held as convenient conventions rather than because they are more valid than the alternatives.[4]

In this book, Poincaré describes open scientific questions regarding the photo-electric effect, Brownian motion, and the relativity of physical laws in space. Reading this book inspired Albert Einstein's subsequent Annus Mirabilis papers published in 1905.

A new translation was published in November 2017.[5]

* Science and hypothesis (1905)

* Table of contents to Science and hypothesis (1905)

* Table of contents to Science and hypothesis (1905)

* First page of Science and hypothesis (1905)

## References

1. ↑ Young, J. W. A. (December 16, 1904), "Poincaré's Science and Hypothesis", Science 20 (520): 833–837, doi:10.1126/science.20.520.833, Bibcode: 1904Sci....20..833Y, https://zenodo.org/record/1447934 .
2. ↑ De Laguna, Theodore (November 1906), "Science and Hypothesis by H. Poincaré", The Philosophical Review 15 (6): 634–641, doi:10.2307/2177514 .
3. ↑ Russell, B. (July 1905), "Science and Hypothesis by H. Poincaré", Mind 14 (55): 412–418, doi:10.1093/mind/XIV.3.412 .
4. ↑ Lalande, André (October 1954), "From Science and Hypothesis to Last Thoughts of H. Poincaré (1854-1912)", Journal of the History of Ideas 15 (4): 596–598, doi:10.2307/2707678 .
5. ↑ Science and Hypothesis, bloomsbury.com

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