Pierre Duhem’s use of the return to the sources as a justification tool

Les origines de la statique, published in 1905 by physicist and historian of physical theories Pierre Duhem, offers not only a radically new interpretation of the history of statics but also represents a milestone in the methodology of history of science thanks to a particular form of historical rea...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Le Roux, Marcin Krasnodębski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2017-12-01
Series:Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science
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Online Access:http://www.historiographyofscience.org/index.php/transversal/article/view/29/88