DUHEM, Les origines de la statique, 1905-1906

First edition.

Pierre Duhem (1861-1916) was a French physicist and historian of science, whose work contributed to the theory of thermodynamics and electromagnetism. This work is a historical and critical study of statics, a branch of mechanics. Duhem traces the foundations of this discipline from Greek antiquity to the Middle Ages, showing its conceptual evolution and its importance in the history of science.