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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Trending topics shown first"The phenomenon develops calmly, but it is invisible, unstoppable. One feels, one sees it born and grow steadily; and it is not in one's power to either hasten it or slow it down. Any person, brought i…"
"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
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