biography
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Dühem, Pierre (Maurice Marie)
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pronunciation:
[düem]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1861–1916)
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| biography:
| Philosopher of science and physicist, born in Paris, France. He studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, held teaching positions at Lille, and Rennes, and became professor of physics at Bordeaux (1895). His early scientific work was in thermodynamics, and many of his ideas were well in advance of their time. He made important contributions to the history of science, in particular reviving an interest in mediaeval science. His chief works are La Théorie physique (1906, Physical Theory) and Sauver les phénomènes (1908, Saving the Phenomena). |
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