Jules Henri Poincaré, 1854-1912. Nineteenth-century French philosopher and mathematician. In the philosophy of science, his chief contention was that scientific proofs are conventional -- that is, based on plausibility rather than truth.
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- MacTutor History of Mathematics: Jules Henri Poincaré Biography, bibliography and poster.
- World of Scientific Biography: Poincaré, Henri Concise biography with links to related topics.
- Two Philosophical Mistakes in Poincaré Essay Kelley L. Ross of the Friesian School.
- The Relativity of Space Full text of Poincare's 1897 popular explanation of his conception of space.
- Henri Poincaré Short article on this thinker's mathematical legacy.
- Jules Henri Poincaré Concise digest of his mathematical achievements.
- Science and Hypothesis Full online text of this Poincare work, as published in English in 1905.
- Jules Henri Poincaré Scholarly study of his life and thought by Mauro Murzi. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Henri Poincare Concise biography noting this thinker's seminal importance for chaos theory.