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Henri Poincaré.
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
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About Henri Poincaré
Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist", since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime. He has further been called "the Gauss of modern mathematics". Due to his success in science, along with his influence in philosophy, he has also been called "the philosopher par excellence of modern science".
Everything about Henri Poincaré →- Occupation
- mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, physicist
- Position held
- president of the Mathematical Society of France, president of the Mathematical Society of France, Member of the Académie française, president of the French Academy of Sciences
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- April 29, 1854
- Died
- July 17, 1912