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Henri Poincare 29 April 1854 - 17 July 1912

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Nancy, France

  • Graduation

    Graduation
    University of Paris, Doctorate in Science. He defended his thesis on differential equations.

  • The Three Body Problem

    The Three Body Problem
    King Oscar II offered a prize to anyone who could mathematically prove the stability of the orbiting bodies in the solar system. Poincare won, however before publishing his results he discovered that small & minute changes in the initial setup of the problem could result in much unpredictability. This was called "pathological sensitivity" and it became a precursor of a chaotic system. Poincaré Henri. Les Methodes Nouvelles De La Mecanique Celeste. Vol. 3, Publisher Not Identified, 1899.

  • *Key Event* Publishes "Science and Hypothesis"

    *Key Event* Publishes "Science and Hypothesis"
    Within science, Henri proposed that there was a sort of “hierarchy” of disciplines. Henri had to later clarify that he was not saying that one was “above” another, but that one had to be able to presuppose another in order to prove its validity. This mainly applied to the sciences which heavily relied on mathematics, such as physics and geometry. Poincaré, Henri, W J. Greenstreet, and Joseph Larmor. Science and Hypothesis. London: Scott, 1905. Print.

  • Prioism vs Empiricism

    Henri believed that though the result of an experiment shows the empirical proof, it also rests on the truth that it is the result of a repetition of proving the phenomenon. A law can either be proved over and over, thus reproving itself, or "we may elevate it into principle by adopting conventions." Poincaré, Henri, W J. Greenstreet, and Joseph Larmor. Science and Hypothesis. London: Scott, 1905. Print.

  • Publishes "The Value of Science"

    Publishes "The Value of Science"
    In this writing, Poincare asserted the fact that mathematics required intuition, which was something that surpassed the classical iterations of logic. He stated that in math, intuition was needed to justify the complete induction principle. Heinzmann, Gerhard, and David Stump. “Henri Poincare.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 2017, plato.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/encyclopedia/archinfo.cgi?entry=poincare.

  • Death

    Death
    Paris, France