{"product_id":"9789814556637","title":"Henri Poincare: A Biography Through The Daily Papers: A Biography Through the Daily Papers","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work presents an original portrait of Henri Poincaré based on various press cuttings from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Sunday Call\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Early Years:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Poincaré Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildhood and Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspector of Mines in Vesoul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Professor and the Savant:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the University of Caen to the Sorbonne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the Sorbonne to the Académie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Prize of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Universal Thinker and the Public Figure:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrench Geodesy and the Fight Over the Meridian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Controversy Over the Rotation of the Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Philosophical Work and Its Impact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Committed Man:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dreyfus Affair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Role Model — The Immortal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLast Commitments, Last Works\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Scientists and historians of science.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185297703152,"sku":"9789814556637","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814556637_p0.jpg?v=1763692448","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814556637","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}