Léon Brillouin French physicist
Léon Brillouin is a 80 years old French physicist from Sèvres, Île-de-France. Léon Brillouin was born on August 07, 1889 (died on October 04, 1969, he was 80 years old) in Sèvres, Île-de-France.
About
No, he died on 10/04/1969, 55 years ago. He was 80 years old when he died. He died in New York City
Family
His father Marcel Brillouin and Marcel Brillouin was 34 years old when Léon born. His father was a French mathematician and physicist.
Parents
Mother: (?)
Father: Marcel Brillouin
Awards (3)
Awarded Fellow of the American Physical Society , awarded Cours Peccot in 1918 , nominated Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959 ,
Education
He graduated from University Of Paris (1896-1968), École Normale Supérieure and Ludwig Maximilian University Of Munich
Game & Races (1)
| Name | Age at that time |
|---|---|
| 3. Solvay Conference on Physics | - |
Léon Brillouin zodiac sign was leo.
Other facts about Léon Brillouin
| AlmaMater | École Normale Supérieure, Collège de France, University of Paris |
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| Citizenship | United States |
| Place of death | New York City |
| KnownFor | WKB approximation, Negentropy, Brillouin scattering, Brillouin zone, Brillouin and Langevin functions, Brillouin's theorem, Einstein–Brillouin–Keller method, Brillouin%E2%80%93Wigner_formula, Brillouin_doublet, Brillouin_flow |
| Family name | Brillouin. Show people with the surname Brillouin |
| Employer | Harvard University |
| Field of work | Physics |
| Writing language | French |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Langevin |
| Date of death | 1969-10-04T00:00:00Z |
| Doctoral student | Rolf Landauer |
| CiNii author ID (books) | DA01507154 |
| Name in native language | Léon Brillouin |
| College de France professor ID (1909-1939) | 6086 |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | French |
| Member of | National Academy Of Sciences |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Influenced by | Henri Poincaré |
| Given name | Leon |
