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Marcel Brillouin

French mathematician and physicist (1854-1948) · France · Academics · Died at 93

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Louis Marcel Brillouin was a French physicist and mathematician. He carried research in many realms of physics, including fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, geophysics, quantum mechanics and general relativity.

A life in dates

1948Died16 June 19481923Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1912La Caze Prize of the Academy of SciencesAward1902Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1874Concours généralAward1854Born19 December 1854

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Marcel Brillouin at the first Solvay Conference, in 1911Marcel Brillouin at the first Solvay Conference, in 1911

Awards

Officer of the Legion of Honour1923
La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences1912
Knight of the Legion of Honour1902
Concours général1874

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Child: Léon Brillouin

About this person

Louis Marcel Brillouin was a French physicist and mathematician. He carried research in many realms of physics, including fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, geophysics, quantum mechanics and general relativity. Physicist Reinhold Furth referred to Brillioun as the Nestor of Physics, in reference to mythological figure, Nestor.

Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1854 to 1948 · aged 93

Academics from France 6

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