Pierre Duhem Biography

Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (French: [pjɛʁ moʁis maʁi dy.ɛm] ( listen); 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.