Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis
Mathematician, Academic
1792 – 1843
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Who was Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis?
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis or Gustave Coriolis was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference. See the Coriolis Effect. Coriolis was the first to coin the term "work" for the transfer of energy by a force acting through a distance.
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- Born
- May 21, 1792
Paris - Also known as
- Gaspard Gustave Coriolis
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- École Polytechnique
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- Sep 19, 1843
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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