A (very) Brief History of Henri Poincaré

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  • An incredibly brief history of Henri Poincaré! Per usual, there's not much math in this video, so just a heads up in the event you expect math-heavy.
    Trying something new with the speed. I output the video at 1.25x my original recording, so if my voice sounds too strange, let me know!
    Please forgive my pronunciations. French is especially difficult for me...
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  • @EMC273
    @EMC273 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you very much for the high quality content. This motivates me while i'm at college.

  • @samizdat113
    @samizdat113 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The man who should have gotten credit for the theory of relativity.

    • @Kaurenjalalifarahani
      @Kaurenjalalifarahani 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are 2 theories of relativity , one is special and the other is general, Einstein made sr on his own , but gr was made by lorentz , Einstein , and poincare , just like calculus was developed by leibniz and newton

  • @AllemandInstable
    @AllemandInstable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    in France l'École Polytechnique is considered as the best french engineering school : it is very prestigious
    though there's another university called ENS ( École Nationale Supérieure ) more focused on research where more specialised brilliant students ( such as in mathematics ) go to
    the best one of the ENS's schools is ENS ULM

  • @torquesjr
    @torquesjr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for this great video! Keep them coming :D Also I wanted to ask you how you go about studying up for these video? And if you have any book recommendations out of the ones you mention in this and other videos? Thanks again!

    • @moderndaymath
      @moderndaymath  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I make a draft doc containing info from the sources and then piece everything together in a cohesive script, filling in extra detail as needed if it wasn't initially clear in my notes (by researching deeper, of course!). I typically use online sources (like wiki, famousscientists, st-andrews) for the info.
      At least from this video, I'd recommend The Value of Science. Poincare's views were super interesting.

  • @torquesjr
    @torquesjr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Do you take suggestions? :p If so, I would like to suggest Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. If you ever need any help doing this stuff, be sure to let us know. I'm sure some of the people watching would be happy to help, I know I would! I've been a part of communal initiatives like that before. We could set up a discord or something like it. Anyway, thank you for great content.

    • @moderndaymath
      @moderndaymath  4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I've added Leibniz to my backlog. Surprisingly, I'd not added him or Newton. I simply had "Leinbiz-Newton battle" as an idea for a video...
      In regard to help, right now I'm okay, but I can certainly see myself needing some as the channel grows. I will definitely be keeping a discord in mind. I appreciate the offer of hands :)

    • @binra3788
      @binra3788 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@moderndaymath I found Kollerstom's documented history on this interesting

  • @salimalloun6413
    @salimalloun6413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Your pronounciation of french words is funny but good :D You can make a video on Noether that'd be great !

  • @jimaanders7527
    @jimaanders7527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These brief histories are very informative.
    I love math but I don't want to spend a lot of time on any one mathematician.
    I'm fascinated how these men are solving problems and I don't even understand what the problem is.
    For foreign names I suggest using the conventional English pronunciation.
    We used to smile whenever the prof mentioned "Rudolf Lipschitz".

  • @edvargas3105
    @edvargas3105 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job. Clearly explained his contributions and the impact they had in math and science in general. It would be fantastic if you could do the same for Robert Clerk Maxwells.

  • @CO8848_2
    @CO8848_2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Pkincare didn't develop general relativity, he did work that was related to special relativity. Although he was a great, his work there, compared with Einstein, was rather clumsy, and missed the mark, even after Einstein's publication, he continues to not quite understand the physics, i.e., the dissolution of universal time and simultaneity. That is why a patent clerk, rather than a renowned mathematician, was the creator of special relativity.

    • @el-vado
      @el-vado หลายเดือนก่อน

      I do not think you are familiar with Poincare's work on relativity, you just citing here a popular legend about his "misunderstanding of physics". It wouldn't be an overstatement to say that entire special relativity theory in its modern form was formulated and fully developed by Henri Poincare. He coined the terms "relativity principle", "Lorentz transformation" (he actually corrected a mistake in Lorentz original formulas), stated that they must form a symmetry group for ALL physical equations (now known as the Poincare group), came up with 4D-vector formalism in space time (prior to Herman Minkowski). His work was miles deeper than Einstein's. BTW, relativity of simultaneity and "Einstein's" clock synchronization protocol was published by Poincare (as a book, not just as a scientific paper) years before Albert Einstein's first paper on the subject.

    • @CO8848_2
      @CO8848_2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@el-vado contrary to your complete misunderstanding of relativity, I am quite familiar with his work, and the insignificance of the Lorentz transformation. While it is not too hard for any mathematician to figure out how to construct the invariance transformation under the assumption of constant speed of light, understanding it as physics, and that removing the medium assumption for light, and the assumption of simultaneity, are all totally lacking. You people just don’t have a clue.

    • @el-vado
      @el-vado หลายเดือนก่อน

      The essence of SR is pseudo-euclidean geometry of 4D time-space. Everything else is just an implication of this profound discovery by Poincare. And this is exactly how SR is taught these days: everything is derived from Minkowski metrics invariance. Einstein simply missed the point. The only SR result by Albert Einstein that you cannot find in Poincare's papers is relativistic doppler effect.

    • @CO8848_2
      @CO8848_2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@el-vado Therein lies your complete lack of understanding of relativity, and physics in general. It clearly also shows you will never understand gravity, either. In a similar vein, no real understanding of physics has been made by the string theorists.

  • @olenaerhardt7725
    @olenaerhardt7725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Classical music adds to the lecture so beautifully that I even can't imagine it without those sounds of piano.

  • @daltanionwaves
    @daltanionwaves 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Another great example of how successful an ADD person can be when they are also gifted with higher intelligence. Though it is not always the case, I have noticed that ADD personalities tend to be visual thinkers as well. With topology being the greatest playground of all for exercising and testing the limits of ones ability to work out visual/dimensional problems. And the frontiers of science and mathematics providing endless and varied unsolved mysteries to grab the attention of the ADD puzzle-solving mind....

    • @daltanionwaves
      @daltanionwaves 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The bee connection actually provides a comically perfect analogy, as in more recent times there was a study demonstrating ADD behavior in honeybees. Most worker bees will transport resources from one area until they are depleted and then stay at the hive unemployed, or return to the same depleted area relentlessly without success. While a smaller demographic of the worker population bumbles around the world not collecting resources and generally disliked by their peers. Until they stumble across a new area of bountiful bee-resources and head back to the hive to do a little dance alerting everyone else (haters included) to the new discovery, with the dance including the directions for finding it... And they are finally celebrated and loved by their comrades until the shine wears off and they are again seen as lazy wandering pointless adventure seekers blowing wherever the wind takes them.

    • @calebmaths6731
      @calebmaths6731 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daltanionwaves Would you say that ADHD and ADD produce similar levels of exceptional performance in academic research or is the "hyperactivity" a drawback for the ADHD mind?

    • @brobdingnagian
      @brobdingnagian 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@calebmaths6731it all depends on the individual man

  • @vladimirpetrov7417
    @vladimirpetrov7417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Genuine author of the relativity theory. The speaker pretends to hide the role of Poincare as great physicist reducing him to just mathematician.

    • @GenSecWPNM
      @GenSecWPNM หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed! It’s like Einstein’s ghost popped up while he was recording and whispered, “Ah, ja, just leave zis Poincaré fellow out of zis whole relativity business, ja? Alright?”

  • @robkeeleycomposer
    @robkeeleycomposer ปีที่แล้ว

    fascinating. And lovely Fauré music (the Ballade op 19) in the background.

  • @Kuldeep-vb8mi
    @Kuldeep-vb8mi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks a lot. All great man are very calm and humble.

  • @diegosierracosta3545
    @diegosierracosta3545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favorite mathematician, I loved your video!
    I don't think you sound like a robot and I liked the piano.

  • @bubblegumgun3292
    @bubblegumgun3292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this guy is a beast

  • @dogeofvenice5624
    @dogeofvenice5624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Logic limits ideas. By Henri Poincare 6:20

  • @JosephVFX
    @JosephVFX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This applies to all your videos: the music is TOO LOUD and too distracting.
    Classical ballades like these were never meant to be talked over - the dynamic range is too great and they have too much presence in the vocal range.
    At 8:00, I would reduce the volume by ~50%. You may want to put a slow-response compressor on the music so the louder parts are reduced more than the already-quiet parts.

  • @davidbreslau6516
    @davidbreslau6516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Which musicians and compositions are used in this video?

    • @moderndaymath
      @moderndaymath  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The piece is Gabriel Fauré - Ballade Op. 19

    • @davidbreslau6516
      @davidbreslau6516 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@moderndaymath Thank you, and also for these excellent videos.

  • @spacelem
    @spacelem ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating stuff, but could you make the background music a bit quieter in future videos? It's very distracting from your words.

  • @simewood2040
    @simewood2040 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the great profile. Suggestion: Alter, art, slow your pace of delivery for more appeal.

  • @jkstaank3060
    @jkstaank3060 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Music playing is such a nuisance.

  • @infinitemoose2266
    @infinitemoose2266 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    amazing video

  • @charlieburton9610
    @charlieburton9610 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I really like your videos, but please! Reduce the volume of the classical music. It's overwhelming your voice-over.

  • @tombombadyl4535
    @tombombadyl4535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Music is distracting

  • @nazatkabir3442
    @nazatkabir3442 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i really wonder how many fields medal this guy could have won.

  • @doug2723
    @doug2723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol the accent is on point.

  • @emeraldeyes9565
    @emeraldeyes9565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting - but please turn the music down.

  • @abookwormcalledisa
    @abookwormcalledisa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very good but it is hard to hear you speak. The audio is low and the music doesn't help. Still enjoyed the video!

  • @adlikafli8607
    @adlikafli8607 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Henri Poincare
    (1854-1912)

  • @smarajitpunaykanti6463
    @smarajitpunaykanti6463 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    E= mc2 should be called Poincare -Einstein equation .give some respect to other scientists also

    • @yesnobody3102
      @yesnobody3102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Einstein was a complete fraud he was a plagiarist wgo copied from poincare and others people are brainwashed

    • @plutoniumisotope205
      @plutoniumisotope205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lorentz too

    • @theboxingbiker
      @theboxingbiker 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It should be called Lorentz-Poincaré theory of relativity.
      Einstein was a fraud, his wife did all the math for him

  • @Kuldeep-vb8mi
    @Kuldeep-vb8mi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We make people great, but they are just simple human beings.

  • @gucker
    @gucker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for continuing this series! BTW, it seems you speak faster. Did you speed up your voice? If so, could you please do not do it: anyone can increase the speed if needed, but slowing down the speed does not sound good. Thanks again :-)

    • @gucker
      @gucker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oops, I've read the video description. Yes, please use the normal speed :-)

    • @moderndaymath
      @moderndaymath  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah next video I upload will def be at regular speed. Wanted to see what people thought about it being 1.25x off the bat

    • @gucker
      @gucker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

  • @mrmexicano64
    @mrmexicano64 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:01 looks like he was also a pioneer at giving TedTalks. Add that to his list!

  • @georgebeck518
    @georgebeck518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting but the music is irritating.

  • @sumeetsharma7256
    @sumeetsharma7256 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oonree poncareeeeè

  • @flyingafrinak6958
    @flyingafrinak6958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why french people are so good in math?

    • @halneufmille
      @halneufmille 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good questions. They also have 15 Field medals and just at École Polytechnique, they had Cauchy, Cholesky, Coriolis, Fresnel, Mandelbrot, Navier, Poincaré and Poisson.

  • @ioanniszagos9397
    @ioanniszagos9397 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Einstein, literally stole ideas from him!

  • @Blindleoblake66
    @Blindleoblake66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loose the background music !

  • @walterbishop3668
    @walterbishop3668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Logic is only as good as the last accepted crazy idea

  • @franciscolobaton7271
    @franciscolobaton7271 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Poincare vs Einstein

    • @rl7012
      @rl7012 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poincare easy win and genuine.

  • @nicholasshillidydskinner9634
    @nicholasshillidydskinner9634 ปีที่แล้ว

    Might I suggest that the commentator not use the pronunciation ponkaray but. Instead look up its true pronunciation in French . Merci, et à votre santé.

  • @joshualove3073
    @joshualove3073 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As an MBTI personality Poincare was likely and INTJ why people type him as an INFJ when he and Nietzche are very similar as creative genius in attitude, habits, and general ways of thinking and acting is beyond me. He's has less in common with Wittgenstein or Ramanujan two creative geniuses that are likely INFJ.

    • @bingo4519
      @bingo4519 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shut up

    • @CALEBAYEYIAFFUL-BUDU
      @CALEBAYEYIAFFUL-BUDU 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      His criticism towards Cantor's ideas doesn't give him a good chance on being infj. Also his favourite composer was anti-semetic and a thinker.
      His aptitude for engineering investigations suggests Te. And early speech in infancy (9 months), suggests he was a thinker. Children who speak early are usually thinkers, because they use their executive function prodigiously.
      These are some personal thoughts on why he's not likely infj.

  • @Michaelwilliamabbott1976
    @Michaelwilliamabbott1976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Einstein stole from him

    • @leswine1582
      @leswine1582 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      its called building upon knowledge

    • @Reach41
      @Reach41 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He should give it back?

    • @Eichler1911
      @Eichler1911 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      so foolish

  • @arilegall2001
    @arilegall2001 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro said poincarar. You gotta learn how to pronounce this dudes name it’s killing me

    • @moderndaymath
      @moderndaymath  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/qSvh7xZikgg/w-d-xo.html

  • @zmajeed7713
    @zmajeed7713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh good to see him receiving credit after Einstein defrauded society and took credit for all his work.

    • @Englishsea24
      @Englishsea24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't rate Einstein much. This guy however is very fascinating the huge range of things especially in mathematics that he discovered. Incredible man

    • @zmajeed7713
      @zmajeed7713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Englishsea24 yeah he definitely did. Are you familiar with the work of Ken Wheeler and magnetism? Fascinating research, especially his work with ferro cells. Check out his video on TH-cam 'The Deepest Secrets of Magnetism, first time explained & Center of Light at the Interia Plane' . Explains everything in the universe...black holes, the tree of life, the lotus of creation ( Hinduism ) , torus fields etc.

    • @Kaurenjalalifarahani
      @Kaurenjalalifarahani 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did newton steal from leibniz or did leibniz steal from newton?

    • @el-vado
      @el-vado หลายเดือนก่อน

      Isaac Newton "forgot to mention" that he learned the gravity law hypothesis from Robert Hooke. Moreover, later in life, he used his authority to destroy all the portraits of Robert Hooke.

  • @gavtoye9605
    @gavtoye9605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why the piano music? Aaaagh stop it

    • @gavtoye9605
      @gavtoye9605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Imagine going to a lecture and there is a pianist playing Rachmaninov over the talk. FFS

    • @JosephStalin-yk2hd
      @JosephStalin-yk2hd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gavtoye9605 it is the most civilized kind of music~, but of course.

    • @robkeeleycomposer
      @robkeeleycomposer ปีที่แล้ว

      Fauré is the very epitome of civilsation! Perhaps too good as background?!@@JosephStalin-yk2hd