Paul Langevin

Paul Langevin

male, deceased (1946)
Paul Langevin was a prominent French physicist who developed "Langevin dynamics" and the "Langevin equation". He was one of the founders of the...

Théodore Monod

male, deceased (2000)
Théodore André Monod was a French naturalist, explorer, and humanist scholar. In the course of his career, Monod was made director of the "I...
Roger Balian

Roger Balian

male, 76 years old
Roger Balian is a French physicist who has worked on quantum thermodynamics and theory of measurement. Balian is a member of French Académie des s...

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

male, deceased (1757)
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was a French scientist of wide-ranging interests who made contributions in many fields, especially entomology. Ré...
Jacques Charles

Jacques Charles

male, deceased (1823)
Jacques Alexandre César Charles was a French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist. Charles was born in Beaugency-sur-Loire, and made t...
Yves Meyer

Yves Meyer

male, 70 years old
Yves Meyer is a French mathematician and scientist and a foremost expert on wavelets. He is the author of numerous books and articles in the field,...
Jean Dorst

Jean Dorst

male, deceased (2001)
Professor Dr Jean Dorst was a French ornithologist. Dorst was born at Mulhouse and studied biology and paleontology at the Faculty of Sciences of...
Adrien Douady

Adrien Douady

male, deceased (2006)
Adrien Douady was a French mathematician. He was a student of Henri Cartan, who initially worked in homological algebra. He subsequently made...

Pierre-Paul Grassé

male, deceased (1985)
Pierre-Paul Grassé was a French zoologist. He was one-time president of the Academie des Sciences and author of the influentual 35-volume "Traite d...
Fotis Kafatos

Fotis Kafatos

male (Germany)
Fotis C. Kafatos (born in Heraklion,Crete, Greece) is a prominent Greek biologist. Kafatos received his Bachelor's degree at Cornell University,...