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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 ...
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 ...
Blaise Pascal [a] (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer.. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen.
Pages in category "French scientists" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of French scientists;
19th-century French inventors (142 P) 20th-century French inventors (91 P) 21st-century French inventors (4 P) L. Auguste and Louis Lumière (1 C, 14 P) W.
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]
Anna Mangin (1844–1931) – American inventor, educator, caterer and women's rights campaigner; Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), France – Mantoux test (tuberculosis) Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937), Italy – radio telegraphy; Gheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938), Romania – first science films in the world in the neurology clinic in Bucharest ...
Pages in category "Scientists from Paris" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 398 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .