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Pierre Duhem

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Gender Male
Death107 years ago
Date of birth June 9,1861
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Paris
France
Date of died September 14,1916
DiedCabrespine
France
Influenced Thomas Kuhn
Stanley Jaki
John Worrall
Émile Jouguet
Stephen Menn
Influenced by Josiah Willard Gibbs
Ernst Mach
Blaise Pascal
William John Macquorn Rankine
Job Philosopher
Physicist
Historian
Chemist
InterestsThermodynamics
Philosophy Of Science
History Of Science
Children Hélène Duhem
Influence Josiah Willard Gibbs
Ernst Mach
William John Macquorn Rankine
School French
historical epistemology
Conventionalism
Education École normale supérieure
College Stanislas de Paris
Middle School Stanislas
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory
To save the phenomena, an essay on the idea of physical theory from Plato to Galileo
Medieval cosmology
German science
Les origines de la statique
La théorie physique
Mixture and Chemical Combination: And Related Essays
The origins of statics
Essays in the history and philosophy of science
Études sur Léonard de Vinci . .
The Electric Theories of J. Clerk Maxwell: A Historical and Critical Study
The physicist as artist
Scientist and Catholic: An Essay on Pierre Duhem
Thermodynamics and chemistry
Leçons sur l'électricité et le magnétisme
The evolution of mechanics
Recherches sur l'hydrodynamique
Le potentiel thermodynamique et ses applications à la mécanique chimique et à l'étude des phénomènes électriques
Lettres de Pierre Duhem à sa fille Hélène
Le Potentiel Thermodynamique Ed 1886
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Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem was a French theoretical physicist who worked on thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity. Duhem was also a historian of science, noted for his work on the European Middle Ages, which is regarded as having created the field of the history of medieval science.

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