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portada uneasy genius: the life and work of pierre duhem
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
1987
Language
English
Pages
480
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.4x15.6x2.5 cm
Weight
0.68 kg.
ISBN
9024735327
ISBN13
9789024735327
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uneasy genius: the life and work of pierre duhem

St L. Jaki (Author) · Springer · Paperback

uneasy genius: the life and work of pierre duhem - Jaki, St L.

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Synopsis "uneasy genius: the life and work of pierre duhem"

A hundred years have now gone by since in the midsummer of 1882 Pierre Duhem, a graduate of College Stanislas, completed with brilliant success his entrance exams to the Ecole Normale Superieure and embarked on his career as a theoretical physicist. His father, a textile salesman, hoped that Hierre would pursue a career in business, one of the few professional fields where perhaps he would not have succeeded. Not that young Duhem lacked sense for the practical. He could have easily made a name for himself as an artist had he developed professionally his skill to draw portraits and landscapes. His ability to make a point and his readiness to join in a debate, could have earned him fame as a lawyer. A potential actor was in sight when he entertained friends with mimicry. That as a student of physics he entered and stayed first in his class at the Ecole Normale, did not thwart his talents for the life sciences. No less a biologist than Pasteur tried to obtain Duhem for assistant. His command of Greek and Latin would have secured him a career as a classicist. He was a Frenchman, not to be met too often, whose rightful ad- miration for and mastery of his native tongue, did not prove a barrier to the major modern languages. As one who taught himself the complex art of medieval paleo- graphy, he could easily have mastered the many auxiliary sciences needed by a consummate historian.

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