Pierre Bouguer
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- Born
- 1698-02-16
- Died
- 1758-08-15
- Works
- 8
Top works
- 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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,459x
- Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2004 · cited 27,676x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 21,841x
- Outline of a Theory of Practice
· 1977 · cited 18,742x
- Testing for a unit root in time series regression
· 1988 · cited 12,475x
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Key dates
- Born
- 16 February 1698
- Died
- 15 August 1758
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Le Croisic
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Employer
- French Academy of Sciences
- Languages spoken
- French
Article
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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