Pierre Duhem
- Category : Science-Physics
- Type : ME
- Profile : 3/5 - Martyr / Heretic
- Definition : Split - Small (17)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Rulership 2
Biography
French physicist, mathematician, historian and philosopher of science, best known for his writings on the indeterminacy of experimental criteria and on scientific development in the Middle Ages. Duhem also made major contributions to the science of his day, particularly in the fields of hydrodynamics, elasticity, and thermodynamics.
Duhem was in part responsible for the development of what is known as the Gibbs–Duhem relation and the Duhem–Margules equation.
He died 14 September 1916.