Late in his career Duhem was offered a professorship in Paris as a historian of science and not as a mathematical physicist. Duhem refused the chance to work in Paris that he had always longed for saying that he was a mathematical physicist and did not want to get to Paris through the back door.
Hilja tema karjääri Duhem pakuti professuuri Pariisis ajaloolane teaduse ja mitte matemaatilise füüsik. Duhem keeldus võimalus teha Pariisis, et ta oli alati igatsetud öelda, et ta oli matemaatilise füüsik ja ei taha Pariisi tagaukse kaudu.