POINCARÉ, Leçons sur les Hypothèses Cosmogoniques, 1911
POINCARÉ, Henri.
Leçons sur les hypothèses cosmogoniques.
Paris, A. Hermann, 1911.
8vo (246x164 mm), xxv-294-(1) pages. binding : Contemporary quarter chagreen, spine in six compartments. Original printed wrappers bound in.
First edition. Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. His work covered multiple fields and influenced 20th-century physics. This work is a compilation of his lectures on astronomy and cosmogonic hypotheses, which are theories about the formation of celestial bodies. The book is based on the notes from his courses at the Sorbonne.