Born in Estagel, this French astronomer and physicist was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, where he was later appointed professor of analytical geometry and geodesy.
Born in Estagel, this French astronomer and physicist was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, where he was later appointed professor of analytical geometry and geodesy. At the age of 23, he was also elected to the Paris Academy of Sciences. He studied astronomy, light polarization and magnetism, discovering the phenomenon of the production of magnetism by rotation. FTP, name this Frenchman, born in 1786, who proved the relationship between the Aurora and variations in the Earth's magnetic field.
Born in Estagel, this French astronomer and physicist was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, where he was later appointed professor of analytical geometry and geodesy.
Dominique Francois Jean {Arago}