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nydus/The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and MethodPublic

This collection compiles the scientific writings of Henri Poincaré, including *Science and Hypothesis*, *The Value of Science*, and *Science and Method*. The text explores the application of non-Euclidean geometry to theories of the universe and the possibility of alternative laws of nature.

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forces, central, 297 equivalence of, 445 magnitude of, 445 Foucault's pendulum, 85, 109, 353 four dimensions, 78 Fourier, 298-9 Fourier's problem, 317 series, 286 Franklin, 513-4 Fresnel, 132, 140, 153, 174, 176, 181, 351, 498 Fuchsian, 387-8 function, 213 continuous, 218, 288 Galileo, 97, 331, 353-4 gaseous pressure, 141 gases, theory of, 400, 405, 523 Gauss, 384-5, 406 Gay-Lussac, 157 generalize, 342 geodesy, 535 geometer, 83, 210, 438 geometric space, 66 geometry, 72, 81, 125, 207, 380, 428, 442, 467 Euclidean, 65, 93 fourth, 62 non-Euclidean, 55

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