Henri Poincaré : a scientific biography / Jeremy Gray.
Pubblicazione:
Princeton : Princeton University press, c2013.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 592 p. : ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of figures. Preface. Introduction. 1. The essayist 2. Poincaré's career 3. The prize competition of 1880 4. The three body problem 5. Cosmogony 6. Physics 7. Theory of functions and mathematical physics 8. Topology 9. Interventions in pure mathematics 10. Poincaré as a professional physicist 11. Poincaré and the philosophy of science 12. Appendixes. References. Name index. Subject index