Athanase Dupré

French mathematician and physicist (1808-1869) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 60

Louis Victoire Athanase Dupré was a French mathematician and physicist noted for his 1860s publications on the mechanical theory of heat (thermodynamics); work that was said to have inspired the publications of engineer François Massieu and his Massieu functions; which in turn inspired the work of American engineer Willard Gibbs and his fundamental equations.

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