Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (French: [ɡaspaʁ ɡystav də kɔʁjɔlis]; 21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843) was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, leading to the Coriolis effect. He was the first to apply the term travail (translated as "work") for the transfer of energy by a force acting through a distance, and he prefixed the factor ½ to Leibniz's concept of vis viva, thus specifying today's kinetic energy.[1]
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Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis | |
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Born | 21 May 1792 (1792-05-21) Paris, France |
Died | 19 September 1843 (1843-09-20) (aged 51) Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
Known for | Coriolis effect Differential analyser Integraph Kinetic energy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, Physics |
Institutions | École Centrale Paris École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées École Polytechnique |
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