Description:On July 17, 2012, the centenary of Henri Poincaré's death was commemorated; his name being associated with so many fields of knowledge that he was considered as the Last Universalist. In Pure and Applied Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Engineering and Philosophy, his works have had a great impact all over the world. Poincaré acquired in his lifetime such a reputation that, both nationally and internationally, his life and career were made the object of various articles in the daily papers not only in France, but also in the USA. Some of his philosophical concepts have even caused sharp controversies in the Press (as we will discover in this book).This work presents an original portrait of Henri Poincaré based on various press cuttings from The New York Times, The San Francisco Sunday Call, The Times, The Sun, The Washington Post that chronicled unknown anecdotes of his life (for example, his first name was actually not Henri, but Henry; he obtained his high school diploma in sciences with a zero in mathematics, etc.). Such an approach enables the discovering of many forgotten or unknown aspects of his scientific and philosophical works as well as his important role in the public sphere.Contents:
The Early Years:
The Poincaré Family
Childhood and Studies
Inspector of Mines in Vesoul
The Professor and the Savant:
From the University of Caen to the Sorbonne
From the Sorbonne to the Académie
The Prize of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
The Universal Thinker and the Public Figure:
French Geodesy and the Fight Over the Meridian
The Controversy Over the Rotation of the Earth
The Philosophical Work and Its Impact
The Committed Man:
The Dreyfus Affair
The Role Model — The Immortal
Last Commitments, Last Works
Readership: Scientists and historians of science.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Henri Poincare: A Biography Through The Daily Papers. To get started finding Henri Poincare: A Biography Through The Daily Papers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Henri Poincare: A Biography Through The Daily Papers
Description: On July 17, 2012, the centenary of Henri Poincaré's death was commemorated; his name being associated with so many fields of knowledge that he was considered as the Last Universalist. In Pure and Applied Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Engineering and Philosophy, his works have had a great impact all over the world. Poincaré acquired in his lifetime such a reputation that, both nationally and internationally, his life and career were made the object of various articles in the daily papers not only in France, but also in the USA. Some of his philosophical concepts have even caused sharp controversies in the Press (as we will discover in this book).This work presents an original portrait of Henri Poincaré based on various press cuttings from The New York Times, The San Francisco Sunday Call, The Times, The Sun, The Washington Post that chronicled unknown anecdotes of his life (for example, his first name was actually not Henri, but Henry; he obtained his high school diploma in sciences with a zero in mathematics, etc.). Such an approach enables the discovering of many forgotten or unknown aspects of his scientific and philosophical works as well as his important role in the public sphere.Contents:
The Early Years:
The Poincaré Family
Childhood and Studies
Inspector of Mines in Vesoul
The Professor and the Savant:
From the University of Caen to the Sorbonne
From the Sorbonne to the Académie
The Prize of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
The Universal Thinker and the Public Figure:
French Geodesy and the Fight Over the Meridian
The Controversy Over the Rotation of the Earth
The Philosophical Work and Its Impact
The Committed Man:
The Dreyfus Affair
The Role Model — The Immortal
Last Commitments, Last Works
Readership: Scientists and historians of science.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Henri Poincare: A Biography Through The Daily Papers. To get started finding Henri Poincare: A Biography Through The Daily Papers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.