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Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (; 11 February 16579 January 1757), also called Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, was a French author and an influential member of three of the academies of the Institut de France, noted especially for his accessible treatment of scientific topics during the unfolding of the Age of Enlightenment.
Biography.
Fontenelle was born in Rouen, France (then the capital of Normandy) and died in Paris just one month before his 100th birthday. His mother was the sister of
See also.
- VIII. Formulas for Generating Pythagorean Triples
References.
- Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1790) Eloge de Ozanam, "Oeuvres de Fontenelle", Tome 6, p 506, link from Internet Archive.
Sources.
Ozanam, Jacques, (1844). Science and Natural Philosophy: Dr. Hutton’s Translation of Montucla’s edition of Ozanam, revised by Edward Riddle, Thomas Tegg, London. Read online- Cornell University