Memoire Sur La Propagation De La Chaleur Dans Les Corps Solides Pp 112 116 In Nouveau Bulletin Des

by Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

$12,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

Paris: Bernard, 1808. First printing, extremely rare, of the discovery of Fourier series, and their application to the mathematical theory of heat, appearing here 14 years before Fourier’s famous Théorie analytique de la chaleur. “This work marks an epoch in the history of both pure and applied mathematics. It is the source of all modern methods in mathematical physics … The gem of Fourier’s

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