Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
French engineer and physicist
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was a French officer, engineer, and physicist. He is best known as the eponymous discoverer of what is now called Coulomb's law, the description of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion. He also did... Wikipedia
Born: June 14, 1736, Angoulême, France
Died: August 23, 1806 (age 70 years), Paris, France
Education: Collège des Quatre-Nations and École royale du génie de Mézières
Known for: Torsion balance; Coulomb's law; Coulomb blockade; Coulomb friction; Coulomb damping; Mohr-Coulomb theory
Parents: Catherine Bajet and Henry Coulomb
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