Posted on February 28, 2022
This is an update of my post published on February 28, 2011:
Today is the birthday of these French scientists:
René-Antoine de Réaumur (born in1683) – entomology
Louis Godin (1704) – astronomy
René-Just Haüy (1743) – mineralogy
Edmond Frémy (1814) – chemistry
Henri Breuil (1877) – archeology
Pierre Fatou (1878) – mathematics
Which of these fine gentlemen from the 1600s to the 1800s, do you think, did each achievement? Hint: you can figure out who did what by noting their field...
- Who is most known for discovering a salt that acts to promote oxidation?
- Who went to Peru to help take measurements to determine the size and shape of the earth?
- Who studied the relationship between the growth of insects and temperature?
- Who is noted for his studies of cave art?
- Who accidentally discovered the geometrical law of crystallization when he dropped some calcite?
- Who studied iterative and recursive processes?
1. Edmond Frémy2. Louis Godin3. René-Antoine de Réaumur4. Henri Breuil
5. Rene-Just Hauy
6. Pierre Fatou
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