He disliked British science, in particular the work of Maxwell, and he described it as broad and shallow while he said that French science was narrow and deep. German sciences he claimed were highly geometrical, which for Duhem was a criticism for he considered an approach using an analytical style of mathematics to be far superior to a geometrical one. Hadamard writes (see for example):
He disliked British science, sa partikular na ang gawain ng Maxwell, at siya inilarawan ito bilang malawak at mababaw habang siya ay sinabi na French na agham ay makitid at malalim. German siyensiya siya inaangkin ay lubhang heometriko, na para sa Duhem ay isang pamimintas para siya itinuturing na isang diskarte na gumagamit ng analytical estilo ng matematika upang maging higit na mataas na malayo ng isang heometriko isa. Hadamard magsusulat (tingnan ang halimbawa):