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 [by] I. Grattan-Guinness, in collaboration with J. R. Ravetz.

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Grattan-Guinness, I. [Browse]
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Book
Language
  • English
  • French
Published/​Created
Cambridge, MIT Press [1972]
Description
x, 516 p. illus. 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    Includes Fourier's original unpublished text of 1807 with title: Théorie de la propagation de la chaleur dans les solides.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.
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. [491]-502.
    ISBN
    0262070413
    LCCN
    76128538
    OCLC
    195236
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