Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
Also known as Jean Le Rond, Jean Le Rond d' Alembert, D'Alembert, Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
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Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was an 18th-century French thinker who made important contributions to mathematics, physics, mechanics, philosophy, and music theory during the Enlightenment period. His work across these diverse fields helped advance scientific understanding and intellectual thought in his era.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1717
- Died
- 1783
- Works
- 126
Top works
- Mélanges de littérature, d'histoire, et de philosophie
- Discours prononcés dans l'Académie françoise, le jeudi 19 décembre M.DCC.LIV. a la reception de m. d'Alembert
- Dictionnaire encyclopédique des mathématiques
- Zapiski Khristiny, Korolevy Shvedskoĭ s primi︠e︡chanīi︠a︡mi G. D'Alamberta
- The spirit of laws
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- 3
- Total plays
- 3
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Works in European collections
29 objects attributed to Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Élémens de musique théorique et pratique suivant les principes de M. Rameau, [Texto impreso]
Elémens de musique théorique et pratique suivant les principes de M. Rameau, eclairis, développés et simplifiés [Texto impreso]
Élémens de musique theorique et pratique suivant les principes de M. Rameau [Texto impreso]
Article
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (/ˌdæləmˈbɛər/ DAL-əm-BAIR; French: [ʒɑ̃ lə ʁɔ̃ dalɑ̃bɛʁ]; 16 November 1717 – 29 October 1783) was a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. Until 1759 he was, together with Denis Diderot, a co-editor of the Encyclopédie. His most famous achievements include the wave equation, also known as d'Alembert's equation, and D'Alembert's formula for solving said equation. In French, fundamental theorem of algebra is named in his honour.
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1717 births1783 deaths18th-century atheists18th-century French male writers18th-century French mathematicians18th-century French non-fiction writers18th-century French philosophers18th-century French physicistsCommons link from WikidataContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)Enlightenment philosophersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
