# Joule — The Conquest of Bread character guide

> Joule in The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-the-conquest-of-bread

## Who they are

A physicist whose work on energy is cited.

## Relationships

### [Darwin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/characters/darwin)

_social_

Darwin and Joule were contemporaries in Victorian science, likely acquainted through the British scientific community.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/iv)

Cited as an example of a scientist whose paper on the mechanical equivalent of heat was rejected by the Royal Society as 'unscientific,' illustrating the conservatism of official institutions.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced in a footnote about Playfair mentioning him at Joule's death.

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