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Jean-Baptiste Biot was a French scientist who lived from 1774 to 1862 and made important contributions to physics and astronomy during a period of significant scientific advancement in Europe. His work helped advance the understanding of light, magnetism, and celestial mechanics, making him an influential figure in 19th-century science.
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- Born
- 1774
- Died
- 1862
- Works
- 102
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- Etudes sur l'astronomie indienne et sur l'astronomie chinoise
- Analyse du Traite de méchanique céleste de P.S. Laplace
- Discours ... prononcé à sa réception à l'Académie française le 5 février 1857 [et Réponse de m. Guizot]
- Essai de géométrie analytique
- Notice sur Gay-Lussac, lue à la séance anniversaire de la Société royale de Londres, le 30 novembre 1850
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Jean-Baptiste Biot (/ˈbiːoʊ, ˈbjoʊ/; French: [ʒɑ̃ batist bjo]; 21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862) was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the Biot–Savart law of magnetostatics with Félix Savart, established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light.
The biot (a CGS unit of electrical current), the mineral biotite, and Cape Biot in eastern Greenland were named in his honour.
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