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Klappentext Following the French Revolution, the physicist and mathematician Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830) taught at the École Normale Supérieure and later succeeded Lagrange at the École Polytechnique. He was promoted to administrative positions under Napoleon, but continued to pursue his scientific interests. From 1822 until his death he served as the permanent secretary for mathematical sciences at the Académie des Sciences. These selected works were edited by the mathematician Jean Gaston Darboux (1842-1917) and published in two volumes between 1888 and 1890. Volume 2 contains several extraordinary contributions: the first paper to address the question of why the earth's surface is warm (which we now call the greenhouse effect), the first paper to address the cooling of the earth's interior (still a major research topic) and the first paper on optimisation under linear constraints, along with the results on roots of polynomials which first made Fourier's reputation. Zusammenfassung These selected works by French physicist and mathematician Joseph Fourier (1768–1830) were published in two volumes in 1888–90. Volume 2 includes the first paper to propose the greenhouse effect, the first paper to address the cooling of the earth's interior, work on optimisation under linear constraints, and results on roots of polynomials. Inhaltsverzeichnis Avertissement; Liste des ouvrages scientifiques de Fourier; Errata; Part II. Mémoires Publiés dans Divers Recueils: 1. Mémoires extraits des recueils de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France; 2. Notes et mémoires extraits des bulletins de la Société Philomathique; 3. Notes et mémoires extraits des Annales de chimie et de physique; 4. Mémoires divers; Supplément à la première section; Table des matières.
