Athanase Dupré
French mathematician and physicist
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Louis Victoire Athanase Dupré (28 December 1808 – 10 August 1869) 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.
Athanase Dupré | |
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| Born | 28 December 1808 |
| Died | 10 August 1869 (aged 60) |
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| Fields | Mathematics, physics |
| Thesis | Sur le phosphore et ses combinaisons binaires, et en particulier sur les combinaisons du phosphore avec le soufre (1840) |
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