Léon Brillouin
French physicist
Léon Nicolas Brillouin was a French physicist. He made contributions to quantum mechanics, radio wave propagation in the atmosphere, solid-state physics, and information theory. Wikipedia
Born: August 7, 1889, Sèvres, France
Died: October 4, 1969 (age 80 years), United States
Spouse: Stefa Brillouin (m. 1912–1966) and Marcelle Brillouin (m. ?–1969)
Parents: Marcel Brillouin
Influenced by: Albert Einstein, Hendrik Lorentz, Jean Baptiste Perrin, and more
Books
Science and information theory
1956
Wave Propagation in Periodic Structures: Electric Filters and Crystal Lattices
1953
Wave propagation and group velocity
1960
Relativity reexamined
1970
Scientific Uncertainty and Information
1964
The Mathematics of Ultra-High Frequencies in Radio. Brown University Advanced Instruction and Research in Mechanics Summer, 1943
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