On July 17, 2012, the centenary of Henri Poincaré's dying was once venerated; his identify being linked to such a lot of fields of data that he was once regarded as the final Universalist. In natural and utilized arithmetic, Physics, Astronomy, Engineering and Philosophy, his works have had a superb impression world wide. Poincaré bought in his lifetime the sort of attractiveness that, either nationally and across the world, his existence and occupation have been made the thing of assorted articles within the day-by-day papers not just in France, but additionally within the united states. a few of his philosophical innovations have even brought on sharp controversies within the Press (as we'll observe during this book).

This paintings provides an unique portrait of Henri Poincaré in response to quite a few press cuttings from The ny Times, The San Francisco Sunday Call, The Times, The Sun, The Washington Post that chronicled unknown anecdotes of his existence (for instance, his first identify used to be truly no longer Henri, yet Henry; he acquired his highschool degree in sciences with a 0 in arithmetic, etc.). Such an procedure allows the learning of many forgotten or unknown facets of his medical and philosophical works in addition to his very important function within the public sphere.

Contents:

• The Early Years:
  • The Poincaré Family
  • Childhood and Studies
  • Inspector of Mines in Vesoul
• The Professor and the Savant:
  • From the college of Caen to the Sorbonne
  • From the Sorbonne to the Académie
  • The Prize of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
• The common philosopher and the general public Figure:
  • French Geodesy and the struggle Over the Meridian
  • The Controversy Over the Rotation of the Earth
  • The Philosophical paintings and Its Impact
• The devoted Man:
  • The Dreyfus Affair
  • The position version — The Immortal
  • Last Commitments, final Works

Readership: Scientists and historians of science.