La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré, les astronomes, et les géodésiens
Birkhäuser | Mathematics | August 13, 2016 | ISBN-10: 3764371676 | 391 pages | pdf | 7.69 mb
Editors: Walter, S.A., Nabonnand, P., Krömer, R., Schiavon, M. (Eds.)
The letters, nearly all previously unpublished, are fully annotated, with explanations of political, cultural, and technical issues raised by Poincaré and his correspondents
Indispensable for understanding the wide-ranging activity of Henri Poincaré, at the intersection of the history of astronomy, the dynamics of systems, and the politics of empire
Provides new source materials revealing the nature and extent of Poincaré's activity as president of the Bureau of Longitudes