Paul Langevin
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Paul Langevin was a French physicist known for his pioneering work in statistical mechanics, magnetism, and the development of theories describing Brownian motion.
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| Paul Langevin canonical | 9 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French physicist
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academic ⓘ physicist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| almaMater |
École Normale (Paris)
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surface form:
École Normale Supérieure
École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Curie family
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Marie Curie ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Franklin Medal
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Hughes Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1872-01-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| burialPlace | Panthéon, Paris ⓘ |
| contributedTo | special relativity debates in France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1946-12-19 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| doctoralAdvisor | Jean Perrin ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Collège de France ⓘ |
| field |
acoustics
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magnetism ⓘ physics ⓘ statistical mechanics ⓘ |
| honor | remains transferred to the Panthéon in Paris ⓘ |
| influenced |
statistical physics
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stochastic processes in physics ⓘ theoretical chemistry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Henri Poincaré
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Pierre Curie ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Langevin dynamics
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Langevin dynamics ⓘ
surface form:
Langevin equation
development of ultrasonic submarine detection ⓘ Brownian motion ⓘ
surface form:
theory of Brownian motion
work on diamagnetism ⓘ work on paramagnetism ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
Communist Party of France ⓘ
surface form:
French Communist Party
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| name | Paul Langevin self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
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Louis de Broglie ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
anti-fascist activism
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support for the Popular Front in France ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of École de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
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professor at Collège de France ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| spouse | Jeanne Langevin ⓘ |
| theory |
Langevin theory of diamagnetism
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Langevin theory of paramagnetism ⓘ |
| workedAt |
Collège de France
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École de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris ⓘ |
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