Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis | |
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 Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis | |
| Born | 21 May 1792 Paris, France |
| Died | 19 September 1843 (aged 51) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
| Known for | Coriolis effect Differential analyser Integraph Kinetic energy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Physics |
| Institutions | École Centrale Paris École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées École Polytechnique |
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (French: [ɡaspaʁ ɡystav də kɔʁjɔlis]; 21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843) 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, leading to the Coriolis effect. He was the first to apply the term travail (translated as "work") for the transfer of energy by a force acting through a distance, and he prefixed the factor ½ to Leibniz's concept of vis viva, thus specifying today's kinetic energy.[1]
- ^ Jammer, Max (1957). Concepts of Force. Dover Publications, Inc. p. 167; footnotes 12, 14. ISBN 0-486-40689-X.