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Residence
  
France

Name
  
Charles Bossut


Role
  
Mathematician

Fields
  
Mathematics

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Born
  
11 August 1730Tartaras, France (
1730-08-11
)

Died
  
January 14, 1814, Paris, France

Charles Bossut (11 August 1730 – 14 January 1814) was a French mathematician and confrère of the Encyclopaedists. He was born at Tartaras, Loire, and died in Paris.

His works include

  • Traité élémentaire d'hydrodynamique (1771) later reworked as Traité théorique et expérimental d'hydrodynamique (1786–87)
  • Traité élémentaire de méchanique statique (1772)
  • Cours de mathématiques (1781)
  • Histoire générale des mathématiques (1810)

    • Did write parts of the Encyclopédie on mathematics with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. 1768 member of Académie des sciences

    References

    Charles Bossut Wikipedia
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