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Henri Poincare : a biography through the daily papers / / Jean-Marc Ginoux, LSIS, CNRS, Universite de Toulon, France, Archives Henri Poincare, CNRS, Universite de Nancy, France, Christian Gerini, Universite du Sud Toulon Var, France & Universite Paris-11 Orsay, France
| Henri Poincare : a biography through the daily papers / / Jean-Marc Ginoux, LSIS, CNRS, Universite de Toulon, France, Archives Henri Poincare, CNRS, Universite de Nancy, France, Christian Gerini, Universite du Sud Toulon Var, France & Universite Paris-11 Orsay, France |
| Autore | Ginoux Jean-Marc |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 509.2 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - France
Physicists - France |
| ISBN | 981-4556-62-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Note from the translator; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; The early years; 1. The Poincare Family; 1.1 The Grandfather: Jacques-Nicolas Poincare; 1.2 The Uncle: Antoni Poincare; 1.3 The Father: Leon Poincare; 1.4 Origin of the Name Poincare; 2. Childhood and Studies; 2.1 An Almost Peaceful Golden Childhood; 2.2 Zero at the Math Test of the Baccalaureate; 2.3 "Poincarre" at The Ecole Polytechnique; 2.4 The Ecole Des Mines - The Thesis; 3. Inspector of Mines in Vesoul; The Professor and the Savant; 4. From the University of Caen to the Sorbonne
4.1 The Discovery of the Fuchsian Functions5. From the Sorbonne to the Academie; 5.1 The Discovery of a Terra Incognita; 6. The Prize of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway; 6.1 From Success to Triumph; 6.2 A Fruitful Mistake; 6.3 A Secret Not So Well Kept; 6.4 Winning Recognition; The Universal Thinker and The Public Figure; 7. French Geodesy and the Fight over the Meridian; 7.1 The Fight over the Meridian; 7.2 The Geodesic Mission and the French Geodesy; 8. The Controversy over the Rotation of the Earth; 8.1 The Origin of the Controversy; 8.2 Moving the Foucault Pendulum to the Pantheon 8.3 Science and Hypothesis8.4 The Skeptical Polytechnician; 8.5 Mach's Mechanics; 8.6 Does the Earth Rotate?; 9. The Philosophical Work and its Impact; 9.1 Science and Hypothesis: "Latin without Crying or Greek without Tears"; 9.2 The Value of Science. The "Strangest Interpretations"; 9.3 Science and Method: The "Granitic Rationalism"; 9.4 Last Essays: "A Certain Embarrassment"; 9.5 Poincarism, Opportunism, Commodism, etc; The Committed Man; 10. The Dreyfus Affair; 10.1 The First Dreyfus Affair: A Brief Overview; 10.2 Three Other Trials 10.3 The Second Dreyfus Affair: The Rennes Trial and the Intervention of Mathematicians10.4 The Third Trial: "Wise Men in a Shed"; 11. The Role Model - The Immortal; 11.1 Poincare and the End of the World; 11.2 Poincare and Science in the Twentieth Century; 11.3 Poincare and the Martingale Strategy; 11.4 Poincare Cited as a Role Model; 11.5 Poincare at the Academie Francaise; 11.6 The Price of Immortality; 11.7 The Reception at the Academy; 12. Last Commitments, Last Works; 12.1 The Press and Poincare's Lectures at the Faculty of Science; 12.2 Defense of the Humanities; 12.3 The New Mechanics 12.4 An Educational Commitment: "What Things Say"13. To Conclude: the Poet of Mathematics; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790869203321 |
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| New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Henri Poincare : a biography through the daily papers / / Jean-Marc Ginoux, LSIS, CNRS, Universite de Toulon, France, Archives Henri Poincare, CNRS, Universite de Nancy, France, Christian Gerini, Universite du Sud Toulon Var, France & Universite Paris-11 Orsay, France
| Henri Poincare : a biography through the daily papers / / Jean-Marc Ginoux, LSIS, CNRS, Universite de Toulon, France, Archives Henri Poincare, CNRS, Universite de Nancy, France, Christian Gerini, Universite du Sud Toulon Var, France & Universite Paris-11 Orsay, France |
| Autore | Ginoux Jean-Marc |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 509.2 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - France
Physicists - France |
| ISBN | 981-4556-62-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Note from the translator; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; The early years; 1. The Poincare Family; 1.1 The Grandfather: Jacques-Nicolas Poincare; 1.2 The Uncle: Antoni Poincare; 1.3 The Father: Leon Poincare; 1.4 Origin of the Name Poincare; 2. Childhood and Studies; 2.1 An Almost Peaceful Golden Childhood; 2.2 Zero at the Math Test of the Baccalaureate; 2.3 "Poincarre" at The Ecole Polytechnique; 2.4 The Ecole Des Mines - The Thesis; 3. Inspector of Mines in Vesoul; The Professor and the Savant; 4. From the University of Caen to the Sorbonne
4.1 The Discovery of the Fuchsian Functions5. From the Sorbonne to the Academie; 5.1 The Discovery of a Terra Incognita; 6. The Prize of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway; 6.1 From Success to Triumph; 6.2 A Fruitful Mistake; 6.3 A Secret Not So Well Kept; 6.4 Winning Recognition; The Universal Thinker and The Public Figure; 7. French Geodesy and the Fight over the Meridian; 7.1 The Fight over the Meridian; 7.2 The Geodesic Mission and the French Geodesy; 8. The Controversy over the Rotation of the Earth; 8.1 The Origin of the Controversy; 8.2 Moving the Foucault Pendulum to the Pantheon 8.3 Science and Hypothesis8.4 The Skeptical Polytechnician; 8.5 Mach's Mechanics; 8.6 Does the Earth Rotate?; 9. The Philosophical Work and its Impact; 9.1 Science and Hypothesis: "Latin without Crying or Greek without Tears"; 9.2 The Value of Science. The "Strangest Interpretations"; 9.3 Science and Method: The "Granitic Rationalism"; 9.4 Last Essays: "A Certain Embarrassment"; 9.5 Poincarism, Opportunism, Commodism, etc; The Committed Man; 10. The Dreyfus Affair; 10.1 The First Dreyfus Affair: A Brief Overview; 10.2 Three Other Trials 10.3 The Second Dreyfus Affair: The Rennes Trial and the Intervention of Mathematicians10.4 The Third Trial: "Wise Men in a Shed"; 11. The Role Model - The Immortal; 11.1 Poincare and the End of the World; 11.2 Poincare and Science in the Twentieth Century; 11.3 Poincare and the Martingale Strategy; 11.4 Poincare Cited as a Role Model; 11.5 Poincare at the Academie Francaise; 11.6 The Price of Immortality; 11.7 The Reception at the Academy; 12. Last Commitments, Last Works; 12.1 The Press and Poincare's Lectures at the Faculty of Science; 12.2 Defense of the Humanities; 12.3 The New Mechanics 12.4 An Educational Commitment: "What Things Say"13. To Conclude: the Poet of Mathematics; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812656103321 |
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Ginoux Jean-Marc
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| New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Henri Poincaré : a biography through the daily papers / / Jean-Marc Ginoux, LSIS, CNRS, Université de Toulon, France, Archives Henri Poincaré, CNRS, Université de Nancy, France, Christian Gerini, Université du Sud Toulon Var, France & Université Paris-11 Orsay, France
| Henri Poincaré : a biography through the daily papers / / Jean-Marc Ginoux, LSIS, CNRS, Université de Toulon, France, Archives Henri Poincaré, CNRS, Université de Nancy, France, Christian Gerini, Université du Sud Toulon Var, France & Université Paris-11 Orsay, France |
| Autore | Ginoux Jean-Marc |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509.2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GeriniChristian |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - France
Physicists - France |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 981-4556-62-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Note from the translator; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; The early years; 1. The Poincare Family; 1.1 The Grandfather: Jacques-Nicolas Poincare; 1.2 The Uncle: Antoni Poincare; 1.3 The Father: Leon Poincare; 1.4 Origin of the Name Poincare; 2. Childhood and Studies; 2.1 An Almost Peaceful Golden Childhood; 2.2 Zero at the Math Test of the Baccalaureate; 2.3 "Poincarre" at The Ecole Polytechnique; 2.4 The Ecole Des Mines - The Thesis; 3. Inspector of Mines in Vesoul; The Professor and the Savant; 4. From the University of Caen to the Sorbonne
4.1 The Discovery of the Fuchsian Functions5. From the Sorbonne to the Academie; 5.1 The Discovery of a Terra Incognita; 6. The Prize of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway; 6.1 From Success to Triumph; 6.2 A Fruitful Mistake; 6.3 A Secret Not So Well Kept; 6.4 Winning Recognition; The Universal Thinker and The Public Figure; 7. French Geodesy and the Fight over the Meridian; 7.1 The Fight over the Meridian; 7.2 The Geodesic Mission and the French Geodesy; 8. The Controversy over the Rotation of the Earth; 8.1 The Origin of the Controversy; 8.2 Moving the Foucault Pendulum to the Pantheon 8.3 Science and Hypothesis8.4 The Skeptical Polytechnician; 8.5 Mach's Mechanics; 8.6 Does the Earth Rotate?; 9. The Philosophical Work and its Impact; 9.1 Science and Hypothesis: "Latin without Crying or Greek without Tears"; 9.2 The Value of Science. The "Strangest Interpretations"; 9.3 Science and Method: The "Granitic Rationalism"; 9.4 Last Essays: "A Certain Embarrassment"; 9.5 Poincarism, Opportunism, Commodism, etc; The Committed Man; 10. The Dreyfus Affair; 10.1 The First Dreyfus Affair: A Brief Overview; 10.2 Three Other Trials 10.3 The Second Dreyfus Affair: The Rennes Trial and the Intervention of Mathematicians10.4 The Third Trial: "Wise Men in a Shed"; 11. The Role Model - The Immortal; 11.1 Poincare and the End of the World; 11.2 Poincare and Science in the Twentieth Century; 11.3 Poincare and the Martingale Strategy; 11.4 Poincare Cited as a Role Model; 11.5 Poincare at the Academie Francaise; 11.6 The Price of Immortality; 11.7 The Reception at the Academy; 12. Last Commitments, Last Works; 12.1 The Press and Poincare's Lectures at the Faculty of Science; 12.2 Defense of the Humanities; 12.3 The New Mechanics 12.4 An Educational Commitment: "What Things Say"13. To Conclude: the Poet of Mathematics; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453249803321 |
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Ginoux Jean-Marc
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| New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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