French mathematician, theoretical physicist, and philosopher of science, often called 'the last universalist' for his mastery across all mathematical fields of his era. Anticipated aspects of special relativity and chaos theory; wrote influential works on the philosophy and psychology of mathematical creativity.
Foundational work in topology, dynamical systems, and the three-body problem; precursor to chaos theory; philosophical analysis of mathematical intuition and the role of unconscious incubation in discovery.
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