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This is a list of notable French scientists. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. A José Achache (20th-21st centuries), geophysicist and ecologist Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783), mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher Claude Allègre (born 1937 ...
On the Eiffel Tower, 72 names of French men (scientists, engineers, and mathematicians) are engraved in recognition of their contributions. [1] Gustave Eiffel chose this "invocation of science" because of his concern over the protests against the tower, and chose names of those who had distinguished themselves since 1789. [2]
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The following are list of French astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable French people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
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19th-century French scientists (12 C, 9 P) 20th-century French scientists (12 C, 58 P) ... French engineers by century (5 C) M. French mathematicians by century (10 C) P.
French computer scientists (4 C, 138 P) E. French electrical engineers (2 C, 43 P) F. French food engineers (1 P) M. French marine engineers (1 C, 10 P)
Lamarckism, the first cohesive theory of evolution [88] as well as a theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics, laid out by French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1809. Long dismissed in favour of Darwinism, recent developments in the field of epigenetics have led scientists to debate whether Lamarckism was, in fact, correct to an ...