RFI - Towering scientists
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La série de vidéos "Towering Scientist", animée par Dhananjay Khadilkar, vous invite à découvrir des figures emblématiques de la science à travers des interviews captivantes. En explorant leur parcours et leurs contributions, ces entretiens offrent un éclairage unique sur le monde scientifique.
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The remarkable discoveries of André-Marie Ampère - RFI
One of the lesser-known aspects of the Eiffel Tower is its association with science. Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who designed and built the Eiffel Tower, had a laboratory built there where he carried out numerous meteorological experiments.
Gustave Coriolis: the man who turned the movement around - RFI
Gustave Coriolis is one of the 72 scientists, mathematicians, and engineers whose names are engraved on the four sides of the Eiffel Tower. Coriolis was a French mathematician and engineer who made significant contributions to science. He is best known for discovering the so-called Coriolis force, which influences ocean and wind dynamics. He also contributed to the field of thermodynamics, as well as the study of certain geometric curves.RFI's Dhananjay Khadilkar has this report.
The world's oldest voice recording resurfaces - RFI
The first known voice recording was made by French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville on April 9, 1860. An excerpt from the popular French song "Au Claire de la Lune" was recorded on Scott de Martinville's invention called the "phonautograph" in the form of lines drawn by a stylus on soot-covered paper. This recording has been kept at the Académie des Sciences since 1861. RFI went to see it.