Léon Foucault
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was a French physicist who invented the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope.
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Background
- Born in
- Paris
- Educated at
- Collège Stanislas de ParisParis Medical Faculty
- Awards
- 🏆 Copley Medal🏆 72 names on the Eiffel Tower🏆 Officer of the Legion of Honour🏆 Foreign Member of the Royal Society
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"May those men who are animated by the true scientific spirit cease to believe that they are obliged to consider only subjects of public utility; ...because, one must not hide it, the field of applicat…"
"To contribute usefully to the advance of science, one must sometimes not disdain from undertaking simple verifications."
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1819
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Birth1868
Died
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