Joseph Fourier, 1768-1830 : a survey of his life and work, based on a critical edition of his monograph on the propagation of heat, presented to the Institut de France in 1807 / I. Grattan-Guinness, in collaboration with J.R. Ravetz.

  • Grattan-Guinness, I.
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[1972]
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Cambridge : MIT Press, [1972]

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x, 516 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

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Includes Fourier's original unpublished text of 1807 with title: Théorie de la propagation de la chaleur dans les solides. The first separately published version appeared in 1822 under title: Théorie analytique de la chaleur

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Bibliography: p. [491]-502.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 0262070413