born April 29, 1854, Nancy, France died July 17, 1912, Paris
Judith Barrow-Green, Poincaré and the Three Body Problem (1997), contains a clear account of some of his work and his life. Janet Folina, Poincaré and the Philosophy of Mathematics (1991), is a good introduction to Poincaré’s philosophy from the perspective of modern philosophy of science. Elie Zahar, Poincaré’s Philosophy: From Conventionalism to Phenomenology (2001), traces the intellectual journey from Poincaré’s conventionalism to other philosophical currents.
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