Pierre Duhem | |
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| Born | Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem 9 June 1861 Paris, France |
| Died | 14 September 1916 (aged 55) Cabrespine, France |
| Education | École Normale Supérieure (diploma, 1882) |
| Known for | Clausius–Duhem inequality Gibbs–Duhem equation Duhem–Margules equation Duhem–Quine thesis Confirmation holism Thermodynamic potential Energeticism |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Thermodynamics, philosophy of science, history of science |
| Thesis | Étude 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).