“… Fourier's great mathematical poem ... {Referring to Joseph Fourier's mathematical theory of the conduction of heat, one of the precursors to thermodynamics.}” SciencePoetryTheoryPoemMathematicsMathHeatFourierJoseph FourierJean Baptiste Joseph Fourier Book:Treatise on Natural Philosophy: Volume 2 Source: Treatise on Natural Philosophy: Volume 2