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Includes Fourier's original unpublished text of 1807 with title: Th鯲ie de la propagation de la chaleur dans les solides.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