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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Born c.1620 • Dijon • France
Died May 12, 1684 • Paris • France
Notable Works “Discours de la nature de l’air”
Subjects Of Study Boyle’s law

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Arsène d’Arsonval
French physician and physicist
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist
André-Marie Ampère
André-Marie Ampère
French physicist
Becquerel, Henri
Henri Becquerel
French physicist
Laplace, Pierre-Simon, marquis de
Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace
French scientist and mathematician
Louis-Victor de Broglie
Louis de Broglie
French physicist
Gaspard Monge, detail of an oil painting by Jean Naigeon, 1811; in the Museum of Fine Arts, Beaune, France.
Gaspard Monge, count de Péluse
French mathematician and public official
Sadi Carnot
French engineer and physicist
Alain Aspect
Alain Aspect
French physicist
Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret
French botanist and explorer
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French chemist
Joseph Fourier
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician
Fresnel, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a contemporary portrait, 1825
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
French physicist
Pierre Agostini
Pierre Agostini
French physicist
Siméon-Denis Poisson, detail of a lithograph by François-Séraphin Delpech after a portrait by N. Maurin.
Siméon-Denis Poisson
French mathematician
Anne L'Huillier
Anne L’Huillier
French physicist
Serge Haroche.
Serge Haroche
French physicist
Arago, François
François Arago
French physicist

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science