Princeton University Press, Date: 2012-11-25. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good. 2012. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691152713 9780691152714 [US]

Princeton: Princeton University Press, Date: 2013. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xiii, 592pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A comprehensive look at the mathematics, physics, and philosophy of Henri Poincaré Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics and a prominent philosopher of science whose fresh and surprising essays are still in print a century later. The first in-depth and comprehensive look at his many accomplishments, Henri Poincaré explores all the fields that Poincaré touched, the debates sparked by his original investigations, and how his discoveries still contribute to society today. Math historian Jeremy Gray shows that Poincaré's influence was wide-ranging and permanent. His novel interpretation of non-Euclidean geometry challenged contemporary ideas about space, stirred heated discussion, and led to flourishing research. His work in topology began the modern study of the subject, recently highlighted by the successful resolution of the famous Poincaré conjecture. And Poincaré's reformulation of celestial mechanics and discovery of chaotic motion started the modern theory of dynamical systems. ...

Princeton: Princeton University Press, Date: 2013. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xiii, 592pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A comprehensive look at the mathematics, physics, and philosophy of Henri Poincaré Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics and a prominent philosopher of science whose fresh and surprising essays are still in print a century later. The first in-depth and comprehensive look at his many accomplishments, Henri Poincaré explores all the fields that Poincaré touched, the debates sparked by his original investigations, and how his discoveries still contribute to society today. Math historian Jeremy Gray shows that Poincaré's influence was wide-ranging and permanent. His novel interpretation of non-Euclidean geometry challenged contemporary ideas about space, stirred heated discussion, and led to flourishing research. His work in topology began the modern study of the subject, recently highlighted by the successful resolution of the famous Poincaré conjecture. And Poincaré's reformulation of celestial mechanics and discovery of chaotic motion started the modern theory of dynamical systems. ...

Hardback. New. Henri Poincar (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time - he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics. This book explores all the fields that Poincar touched, the debates sparked by his investigations, and how his discoveries still contribute to society. ISBN 0691152713 9780691152714 [GB]

Princeton Univ Pr, Date: 2012. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 9.02x0.59x5.98 inches. 2012. Princeton Univ Pr ISBN 0691152713 9780691152714 [GB]