Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem Books

Pierre Duhem was a French physicist, mathematician, historian, and philosopher of science who made significant contributions to chemistry, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity. His philosophical writings delve into the indeterminacy of experimental criteria, positing that no theory can be definitively deduced from empirical evidence alone. Duhem argued that a physical theory is not an ultimate explanation but rather a system of mathematical propositions aiming to represent experimental laws as simply, completely, and accurately as possible.