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Pierre Duhem

For the French physician and politician, see Pierre Joseph Duhem.
Pierre Duhem
Born
Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem

(1861-06-09)9 June 1861
Paris, France
Died14 September 1916(1916-09-14) (aged 55)
Cabrespine, France
EducationÉcole Normale Supérieure (diploma, 1882)
Known forClausius–Duhem inequality
Gibbs–Duhem equation
Duhem–Margules equation
Duhem–Quine thesis
Confirmation holism
Thermodynamic potential
Energeticism
Scientific career
FieldsThermodynamics, philosophy of science, history of science
ThesisÉtude historique sur la théorie de l'aimantation par influence (1888)

Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (French: [pjɛʁ mɔʁis maʁi dy.ɛm, – moʁ-] ; 9 June[1] 1861 – 14 September 1916) 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.[2]As a philosopher of science, he is remembered principally for his views on the indeterminacy of experimental criteria (see Duhem–Quine thesis).

  1. ^ Jaki, Stanley L. (1987). Uneasy Genius: The Life and Work of Pierre Duhem. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, p. 3.
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