Jules Henri Poincare Jayme O’Brien

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Life 29 April 1854 – 17 July April 1854 – 17 July 1912 Raised in a wealthy family in France Raised in a wealthy family in France Sickly childhood Sickly childhood

Education Home-schooled by his mother Home-schooled by his mother Spent 11 years at the Lycee in Nancy (now renamed Lycee Henri Poincare) Spent 11 years at the Lycee in Nancy (now renamed Lycee Henri Poincare) “monster in mathematics” “monster in mathematics” Continued study of mathematics at the Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines Continued study of mathematics at the Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines Received his Doctorate in 1879 Received his Doctorate in 1879 Differential Equations (solar system) Differential Equations (solar system)

Work Elected as the President of the French Academy of Sciences Elected as the President of the French Academy of Sciences Synchronization of time around the world Synchronization of time around the world Often called a “polymath” or “The Last Universalist” Often called a “polymath” or “The Last Universalist” Focused on applied and pure mathematics as well as mathematical physics and celestial mechanics Focused on applied and pure mathematics as well as mathematical physics and celestial mechanics

Work Relativity Relativity Local time Local time Mass-Energy relation Mass-Energy relation Chaos theory Chaos theory

Philosophy Intuition over Logic Intuition over Logic “For a superficial observer, scientific truth is beyond the possibility of doubt; the logic of science is infallible, and if the scientists are sometimes mistaken, this is only from their mistaking its rule.”

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