Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1768 - 1830)

French mathematician and physicist

Fourier also dealt with physics, with the heat propagation in solids (Fourier's law). A relevant paper was awarded a prize from the Paris Academy in 1807. Besides the derivation of the equations, it contained a solution by means of Fourier series. The most important work in this regard is the Analytical Theory of Heat (1822). In an article of 1824, he described for the first time the essential mechanisms of the atmospheric greenhouse effect (but without using the term).
With Fourier analysis, he laid the foundation for the progress of modern physics. In the context of digital sound generation it has a crucial importance for the acoustic basics of music.

variant spelling:
Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph

Curriculum vitae

* 21.03.1768	bei Auxerre	born
1795	Paris
1797	Paris	Professor of analysis and mechanics / successors of Lagrange
† 16.05.1830	Paris	died

Collections

Industrial Revolution, ca. 1780-1850

Literature

Analytische Theorie der Wärme ; mit 21 in den Text gedruckten Holzschnitten
Author: Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph
Published: 1884

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Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1768 - 1830)