PART II. _Space_

From The Foundations of Science by Henri Poincaré.

CHAPTER III.--The Non-Euclidean Geometries 55 The Bolyai-Lobachevski Geometry 56 Riemann's Geometry 57 The Surfaces of Constant Curvature 58 Interpretation of Non-Euclidean Geometries 59 The Implicit Axioms 60 The Fourth Geometry 62 Lie's Theorem 62 Riemann's Geometries 63 On the Nature of Axioms 63

CHAPTER IV.--Space and Geometry 66 Geometric Space and Perceptual Space 66 Visual Space 67 Tactile Space and Motor Space 68 Characteristics of Perceptual Space 69 Change of State and Change of Position 70 Conditions of Compensation 72 Solid Bodies and Geometry 72 Law of Homogeneity 74 The Non-Euclidean World 75 The World of Four Dimensions 78 Conclusions 79

CHAPTER V.--Experience and Geometry 81 Geometry and Astronomy 81 The Law of Relativity 83 Bearing of Experiments 86 Supplement (What is a Point?) 89 Ancestral Experience 91

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