Léon Brillouin
Léon Nicolas Brillouin was a French physicist. He made contributions to quantum mechanics, radio wave propagation in the atmosphere, solid-state physics, and information theory.
Background
- Born in
- Sèvres
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenÉcole Normale SupérieureUniversity of Paris
- Awards
- 🏆 Cours Peccot🏆 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Paul Langevin
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Rolf Landauer📖 Nicolás Cabrera
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Timeline
1889
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Birth1969
Died
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