Chasles, Michel (1793 - 1880)

French mathematician and geodesist

Chasles is one of the founders of the so-called modern geometry, the géométrie nouvelle, which tried to solve the most demanding tasks without the aid of geometric algebra.

variant spelling:
Chasles, Michel

Curriculum vitae

* 15.11.1793	Épernon	born
1812 - 1814	Paris	Study
1825	Chartres	Professor
1841	Paris	Chair of Geodesy and Machine Science
1846	Paris	Own Chair of higher geometry
† 18.12.1880	Paris	died

Collections

		Industrial Revolution, ca. 1780-1850
		Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920

Literature

Über die Anziehung homogener Ellipsoide ; Abhandlungen
Author: Wangerin, Albert (Ed.); Laplace, Pierre Simon/de; Gauß, Carl Friedrich; Ivory, James; Chasles, Michel; Lejeune Dirichlet, Peter Gustav
Published: 1890

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Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_6917004.html
GBV		http://gso.gbv.de/PPN?PPN=079075746

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