Quotes by Jean-Baptiste Biot

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Jean-Baptiste Biot was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light. Biot also discovered the mineral biotite.
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My son, all my life I have loved this science so deeply that I can now hear my heart beat for joy. { .}

Jean-Baptiste Biot

When one day took out of his pocket a paper which he read at the Académe, and which contained a demonstration of the famous Postulatum of , relative to the theory of parallels. This demonstration rested on an obvious paralogism, which appeared as su...

Jean-Baptiste Biot

Author Bio

  • NameJean-Baptiste Biot
  • DescriptionFrench scientist
  • BornApril 21, 1774
  • DiedFebruary 3, 1862
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionMathematician; Physicist; Astronomer; Civil Engineer; Engineer
  • AwardsOrder Of Merit For Arts And Science