Science and Hypothesis

"e;Science and Hypothesis"e; is a study written in 1902, by the French mathematician, Henri Poincare. It was designed with non-specialist readers in mind, and contains information on mathematics, space, physics and biology. The main theme of this work is that the absolute truth of science is non-existent. It postulates that many scientific beliefs are closer to convenient conventions than valid explanations. The chapters of this book include: "e;Number and Magnitude"e;, "e;On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning"e;, "e;Mathematical Magnitude and Experiment"e;, "e;Space"e;, "e;Non-Euclidean Geometries"e;, "e;Space and Geometry"e;, "e;Experiment and Geometry"e;, etcetera. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.