Biot, Jean Baptiste
Born: Apr 21, 1774 AD
Died: 1862 AD, at 87 years of age.
Nationality: French
Categories: Astronomers, Mathematicians, Physicists
Died: 1862 AD, at 87 years of age.
Nationality: French
Categories: Astronomers, Mathematicians, Physicists
1774 - Jean Baptiste Biot was born on the 21st of April in Paris, France.
1797 - He was appointed professor of mathematics at Beauvais.
1800 - He became professor of physics at the Collège de France.
1801 - He wrote "Analyse de la mécanique céleste de M. Laplace".
1802 - He wrote "Traité analytique des courbes et des surfaces du second degré".
1803 - He wrote "Recherches sur l'intégration des équations différentielles partielles et sur les vibrations des surfaces".
1804 - He made a hot-air balloon ascent with Joseph Gay-Lussac to a height of 5kms.
1814 - He became chevalier.
1816 - He wrote "Traité de physique".
1835 - He wrote "Lettres sur l'approvisionnement de Paris et sur le commerce des grains".
1840 - He received Rumford medal of the Royal Society.
1849 - He became the commander, of the Legion of Honor.
1856 - H was awarded the French Academy.
1858 - He published "Mélanges scientifiques et littéraires".
1862 - He died in Paris on the 3rd of February.
- He studied the polarisation of light passing through chemical solutions, and relationship between electrical current and magnetism.
- He Discovered the unique optical properties of mica.
- H was co-eponym of Biot-Savart Law.
1797 - He was appointed professor of mathematics at Beauvais.
1800 - He became professor of physics at the Collège de France.
1801 - He wrote "Analyse de la mécanique céleste de M. Laplace".
1802 - He wrote "Traité analytique des courbes et des surfaces du second degré".
1803 - He wrote "Recherches sur l'intégration des équations différentielles partielles et sur les vibrations des surfaces".
1804 - He made a hot-air balloon ascent with Joseph Gay-Lussac to a height of 5kms.
1814 - He became chevalier.
1816 - He wrote "Traité de physique".
1835 - He wrote "Lettres sur l'approvisionnement de Paris et sur le commerce des grains".
1840 - He received Rumford medal of the Royal Society.
1849 - He became the commander, of the Legion of Honor.
1856 - H was awarded the French Academy.
1858 - He published "Mélanges scientifiques et littéraires".
1862 - He died in Paris on the 3rd of February.
- He studied the polarisation of light passing through chemical solutions, and relationship between electrical current and magnetism.
- He Discovered the unique optical properties of mica.
- H was co-eponym of Biot-Savart Law.
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