Jules Henri Poincaré, 1854-1912. Nineteenth-century French philosopher and mathematician. In the philosophy of science, his chief contention was that scientific proofs are conventional -- that is, based on plausibility rather than truth. 1. Biography.com: Poincaré, Henri - A paragraph noting his chief accomplishments. 2. Henri Poincare - Concise biography noting this thinker's seminal importance for chaos theory. 3. Henri Poincaré - Short article on this thinker's mathematical legacy. 4. Jules Henri Poincaré - Concise digest of his mathematical achievements. 5. Jules Henri Poincaré - Scholarly study of his life and thought by Mauro Murzi. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 6. MacTutor History of Mathematics: Jules Henri Poincaré - Biography, bibliography and poster. 7. PlanetMath: Poincare, Jules Henri - Detailed biographical article, with a mathematical emphasis. 8. Science and Hypothesis - Full online text of this Poincare work, as published in English in 1905. 9. The Relativity of Space - Full text of Poincare's 1897 popular explanation of his conception of space. 10. Two Philosophical Mistakes in Poincaré - Essay Kelley L. Ross of the Friesian School. 11. World of Scientific Biography: Poincaré, Henri - Concise biography with links to related topics.

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