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Subject: Re: How did Einstein Develop his Field Equations? When: A. He admitted having little math
From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder)
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Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 13:11:56 +0100
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Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> Poincare had quite some problems with the
> formal revolution that took place as well
> in the last 100 or more years, starting with
> 
> things like naive set theory and its antinomies,
> ending with computer formalized proofs of the Keppler
> packing nowadays. He wrote a lengthy book:
> 
> Science and method
> by Poincaré, Henri, 1854-1912
> https://archive.org/details/sciencemethod00poinuoft/page/n3/mode/2up
> 
> His struggle starts at page 160, The New Logics.
> Similar Einstein was New Mechanics for him.
> Mostlikely Poincaré nowadays would be a form of
> 
> Sabine Hossenfelder with 100 YouTube videos and
> possibly many followers. Poincaré faced the
> destiny of any old fart that became irrelevant

Sabine Hossenfelder otoh has been irrelevant all along.
Poincare made many significant contributions to mathematics,
physics, and enginering.
Some have stuck, like for example the Poincare group in relativity,

Jan