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Pierre Bouguer

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Pierre Bouguer

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French astronomer and mathematician (1698-1758)

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  • Figure de la Terre
  • Essai d'optique Sur la Gradation de la Lumière...
  • Traité d'optique Sur la Gradation de la Lumière
  • Nouveau Traité de Navigation, Contenant la Théorie et la Pratique du Pilotage
  • Traité du Navire, de Sa Construction et de Ses Mouvemens

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5 total works indexed

  1. Going deeper with convolutions

    · 2015 · cited 32,881x

  2. Classification of Surgical Complications

    · 2004 · cited 28,245x

  3. Array programming with NumPy

    · 2020 · cited 23,484x

  4. Outline of a Theory of Practice

    · 1977 · cited 19,109x

  5. Testing for a unit root in time series regression

    · 1988 · cited 12,670x

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Encyclopedic overview

Pierre Bouguer ( French: [buˈge]) (16 February 1698, Le Croisic, Province of Brittany – 15 August 1758, Paris) was a French mathematician, geophysicist, geodesist, and astronomer. He is also known as "the father of naval architecture".

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