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Louis Poinsot
French mathematician and physicist (1777–1859) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Poinsot (French pronunciation: [lwi pwɛ̃so]; 3 January 1777 – 5 December 1859) was a French mathematician and physicist. Poinsot was the inventor of geometrical mechanics, showing how a system of forces acting on a rigid body could be resolved into a single force and a couple.
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Born | 3 January 1777 |
Died | 5 December 1859 |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École Polytechnique École des Ponts et Chaussées |
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Institutions | Lycée Bonaparte Imperial University of France |
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