The genesis of a mediaeval historian: Pierre Duhem and the origins of statics
1976; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 33; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00033797600200181
ISSN1464-505X
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Studies in Science
ResumoSummary Contrary to what might be expected given a religious or other motivation, Pierre Duhem's interest in mediaeval science was the result of his surprise encounter with Jordanus de Nemore while working on Les origines de la statique in the late autumn of 1903. Historical assumptions common among physicists at that time may explain this surprise, which occasioned a frantic search for more mediaeval precursors for Renaissance mechanics. It also raised serious historiographical problems that threatened even his methodological views, until they were resolved in his To save the phenomena of 1908.
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