PHILOSOPHER

Pierre Duhem

1861 - 1916

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Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (French: [pjɛʁ mɔʁis maʁi dy.ɛm, – moʁ-] ; 9 June 1861 – 14 September 1916) was a French theoretical physicist who worked on thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Duhem has received more than 275,854 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Duhem is the 494th most popular philosopher (down from 460th in 2019), the 1,483rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,386th in 2019) and the 68th most popular French Philosopher.

Pierre Duhem is most famous for his work in the philosophy of science, especially his work on the Duhem-Quine thesis.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pierre Duhem ranks 494 out of 1,267. Before him are Ibn al-Rawandi, Anaxarchus, Murray Bookchin, Sivananda Saraswati, Carl Stumpf, and Karl-Otto Apel. After him are Gorakhnath, Antiochus of Ascalon, Hermann Lotze, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Zengzi, and Gaetano Mosca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Pierre Duhem ranks 37. Before him are Luigi Facta, William Bateson, Anton Arensky, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Henry Gantt, and Walter Simons. After him are Michel Verne, Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, Dorothea Klumpke, M. Visvesvaraya, Stanislas de Guaita, and Maurice Blondel. Among people deceased in 1916, Pierre Duhem ranks 41. Before him are Gérard Encausse, Jean Webster, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Victoriano Huerta, Hiram Maxim, and Hugo Münsterberg. After him are Julius Fučík, Vasily Surikov, Cleveland Abbe, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Joseph Gallieni, and Ōyama Iwao.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Duhem ranks 1,483 out of 6,770. Before him are André Lhote (1885), Austen Henry Layard (1817), Jacques Charrier (1936), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Dominique Sanda (1948), and Édouard Stephan (1837). After him are Paul Cornu (1881), Gaston, Count of Eu (1842), Jacques Becker (1906), Maurice Barrès (1862), Michel Verne (1861), and Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Pierre Duhem ranks 68. Before him are Maine de Biran (1766), Michel Serres (1930), Victor Cousin (1792), Michel de Certeau (1925), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), and Jean-Luc Nancy (1940). After him are Guillaume Budé (1467), Louis Couturat (1868), William of Champeaux (1070), Émile Chartier (1868), Henry Corbin (1903), and Georges Canguilhem (1904).

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