Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (June 14, 1736August 23, 1806) was a French physicist. He is best known for developing Coulomb's law, the definition of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion. The unit of charge, the coulomb, was named after him.


  • On graduating from the school, a studious young man who would withstand the tedium and monotony of his duties has no choice but to lose himself in some branch of science or literature completely irrelevant to his assignment.
    • as quoted by C. Stewart Gillmor (1971). Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in Eighteenth-century France. Princeton University Press. p. 255-261. ISBN 069108095X. 

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