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  2. Jacques Charles - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Alexandre César Charles (12 November 1746 – 7 April 1823) was a French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist.Charles wrote almost nothing about mathematics, and most of what has been credited to him was due to mistaking him with another Jacques Charles (sometimes called Charles the Geometer [1]), also a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences, entering on 12 May 1785.

  3. Coccinelle - Wikipedia

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    Dufresnoy was born as Jacques-Charles [1] in Paris in 1931 at rue Notre Dame de Nazareth No. 66 in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.She was given the nickname "Coccinelle" (French for "ladybird") after a red party dress with polka dots she wore, which she adopted as her stage name in show business.

  4. Mon Homme - Wikipedia

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    Sheet music with Fanny Brice "Mon Homme" (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃n‿ɔm]), also known by its English translation, "My Man", is a popular song first published in 1920. The song was originally composed by Maurice Yvain with French lyrics by Jacques-Charles (Jacques Mardochée Charles) and Albert Willemetz.

  5. List of autobiographies - Wikipedia

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    Charles Darwin: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin: 1887 Philosophy Jean-Paul Sartre: The Words: 1964 David Hume: My Own Life: 1777 John Stuart Mill: Autobiography: 1874 Paramahansa Yogananda: Autobiography of a Yogi: 1955 Simone de Beauvoir: The Prime of Life: 1960 Physics Philip M. Morse: In at the Beginnings: A Physicist's Life: 1976 ...

  6. Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure - Wikipedia

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    Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (French: [ʒak ʃaʁl dypɔ̃ də lœʁ]; 27 February 1767 – 3 March 1855) was a French lawyer and statesman. He is best known as the first head of state of the Second Republic , after the collapse of the July Monarchy as a result of the French Revolution of 1848 .

  7. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac - Wikipedia

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    1802 – Gay-Lussac first published the law that at constant pressure, the volume of any gas increases in proportion to its absolute temperature. Since in his paper announcing the law he cited earlier unpublished work on this subject by Jacques Charles, the law is usually called Charles's law, though some sources use the expression Gay-Lussac's ...

  8. Jacques Charles François Sturm - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Charles François Sturm (29 September 1803 – 15 December 1855) was a French mathematician, who made a significant addition to equation theory with his work, Sturm's theorem. [ 1 ] Early life

  9. Étienne Maurice Gérard - Wikipedia

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    Étienne Maurice Gérard, 1st Comte Gérard (French: [etjɛn mɔʁis ʒeʁaʁ]; 4 April 1773 – 17 April 1852) was a distinguished French general and statesman.He served under a succession of French governments including the ancien regime monarchy, the Revolutionary governments, the Restorations, the July Monarchy, the First and Second Republics, and the First Empire (and arguably the Second ...