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It was in 1981– thus during the same year as his dissertation defense, one year prior to doing the same for Σῴζειν τὰ φαινóµενα (1982), and six years before his book Duhem: Science et Providence (1987) – that Paul Brouzeng (1938-2012) finally furnished Francophone readers, after a wait of more than sixty years, with the first complete reprint (and, incidentally, the first anastatic one) of the second edition of La théorie physique (1914). It was enriched by an introduction of eleven pages, a very succinct bibliography and an onomastic index, which must have misled many readers since it, in fact, only covered the text of La théorie physique itself and not that of the two articles added by Duhem in his second edition. Considering the fact that this reprint of La théorie physique is still and ever available at Vrin Bookshop (both in hardcover and paperback formats), it is worth assessing any additional value which may be afforded it by Sophie Roux’s new online edition, other than the fact that, as is the case with all electronic publications, it offers readers the considerable advantage of being able to search the entire text, thereby addressing the aforementioned shortcoming with respect to Brouzeng’s edition. Leia Mais