Jean-Baptiste Biot
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 163 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 21,1774 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Paris |
| France | |
| Date of died | February 3,1862 |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Children | Édouard Biot |
| Parents | Joseph Biot |
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| Job | Physicist |
| Mathematician | |
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| Education | École Polytechnique |
| Books | On the Laws of Terrestrial Magnetism in various parts of the earth ... Translated [from the “Traité de physique expérimentale,” vol. 3. chap. 10], with notes, by T. S. Evans |
| Awards | Rumford Medal |
| Nationality | French |
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| ID | 2578522 |
Jean-Baptiste Biot Life story
Jean-Baptiste Biot was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the Biot–Savart law of magnetostatics with Félix Savart, established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light.