Louis Poinsot
Louis Poinsot (3 January 1777 – 5 December 1859) was a French mathematician and physicist. Poinsot was the inventor of geometrical mechanics, showing how a system of forces acting on a rigid body could be resolved into a single force and a couple.
Louis Poinsot | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 January 1777 |
| Died | 5 December 1859 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique École des Ponts et Chaussées |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Lycée Bonaparte Imperial University of France |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.