Commentary on the Principles of Thermodynamics by Pierre Duhem

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Needham, Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 277
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Physical chemistry.; Philosophy and science.; Thermodynamics.; Physics.; Philosophy of Science.; Physical Chemistry.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

Pierre Duhem (1861–1916) held the chair of theoretical physics at Bordeaux from 1894 to his death. He established a reputation in both the history and philosophy of science as well as in science itself (physics and physical chemistry). Much of his work in the first two areas has been translated into...