Re: How did Einstein Develop his Field Equations? When: A. He admitted having little math

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
over the time and turned into a commentator.
Thomas Heger schrieb:

Am Freitag000003, 03.01.2025 um 21:30 schrieb Mild Shock:

Hi,
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Einstein had further sympathetic features:
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1. avid sailor, owned several small boats
    Einstein: Yes      Poincaré: No
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2. talking walks with Gödel in Princeton
    Einstein: Yes      Poincaré: No
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3. Answering "I am a pacifist and a scientist."
    to U.S. immigration authorities:
    Einstein: Yes      Poincaré: No
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4. Easy memes like Einstein / Zweistein / Dreistein
https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/583919907970845584/
    Einstein: Yes      Poincaré: No
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5. What else?
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 Sure, Einstein was certainly interesting.
 Einstein was also a good musician and could play violin.
 He was most likely fluent in French, because he was friend with people, who didn't speak German (Marie Curie, for instance, or George Lemaitre).
 Poincare, on the other hand, was an extremely good mathematician and also a very productive theoretical physicist.
 So, whom would you chose as - say- professor in theoretical physics???
 Einstein would make an excellent musician, but Poincare would be the better physicist, of course, because playing the violin wasn't necessary for a physicist.
 Also sailing small boats or talking with Gödel is nice, but not really a requirement for a physics professor.
  TH
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  TH