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Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (9 June 1861 – 14 September 1916) was a French physicist, mathematician, historian and philosopher of science.
[[File:Pierre_Duhem.jpg|thumb|Pierre Duhem.]]'''Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem''' (9 June 1861 – 14 September 1916) was a French physicist, mathematician, historian and philosopher of science.


He is best known for his work on chemical thermodynamics, for his philosophical writings on the indeterminacy of experimental criteria, and for his historical research into the science of the European Middle Ages.
He is best known for his work on chemical thermodynamics, for his philosophical writings on the indeterminacy of experimental criteria, and for his historical research into the science of the European Middle Ages.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Crimes against physical constants]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Mathematics]]


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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Duhem Pierre Duhem] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Duhem Pierre Duhem] @ Wikipedia


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Pierre Duhem.

Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (9 June 1861 – 14 September 1916) was a French physicist, mathematician, historian and philosopher of science.

He is best known for his work on chemical thermodynamics, for his philosophical writings on the indeterminacy of experimental criteria, and for his historical research into the science of the European Middle Ages.

As a scientist, Duhem also contributed to hydrodynamics and to the theory of elasticity.

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