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19 hours ago · Whittaker, E.T. (1953), "The Relativity Theory of Poincaré and Lorentz", A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity: The Modern Theories 1900–1926, London: Nelson; Zahar, E. (2001), Poincaré's Philosophy: From Conventionalism to Phenomenology, Chicago: Open Court Pub Co, ISBN 978-0-8126-9435-2; Non-mainstream sources
- French
- 17 July 1912 (aged 58), Paris, France
- Jules Henri Poincaré
19 hours ago · Richard Phillips Feynman (/ ˈ f aɪ n m ə n /; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as his work in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model.
19 hours ago · Noether was brought to Göttingen in 1915 by David Hilbert and Felix Klein, who wanted her expertise in invariant theory to help them in understanding general relativity, a geometrical theory of gravitation developed mainly by Albert Einstein.
- German
- Paul Gordan
19 hours ago · V. Kofi Agawu stands as a towering figure in the realms of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology. His multidimensional scholarship, spanning diverse musical traditions from African rhythms to European classical compositions, reflects a deep-seated commitment to understanding and celebrating the richness of global musical cultures.
19 hours ago · Definition The Fourier transform is an analysis process, decomposing a complex-valued function f (x) {\displaystyle \textstyle f(x)} into its constituent frequencies and their amplitudes. The inverse process is synthesis, which recreates f (x) {\displaystyle \textstyle f(x)} from its transform. We can start with an analogy, the Fourier series, which analyzes f (x) {\displaystyle \textstyle f(x ...
19 hours ago · Elaine Chew, Singaporean-American expert in the mathematics and visualization of concepts in music theory; Tanya Christiansen, American expert on scattering theory and partial differential equations; Graciela Chichilnisky (born 1944), Argentine-American mathematical economist and authority on climate change
19 hours ago · The profit motive, in the theory of capitalism, is the desire to earn income in the form of profit. Stated differently, the reason for a business's existence is to turn a profit. The profit motive functions according to rational choice theory, or the theory that individuals tend to pursue what is in their own best interests. Accordingly ...
