Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Pastel portrait of d'Alembert by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1753
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a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist
Born
Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert 16 November 1717 Paris, France
Died
29 October 1783 (aged 65) Paris, France
Nationality
French
Known for
D'Alembert criterion D'Alembert force D'Alembert's form of the principle of virtual work D'Alembert's formula D'Alembert's equation D'Alembert operator D'Alembert's paradox D'Alembert's principle D'Alembert
Fields
Mathematics Mechanics Physics Philosophy
Alma mater
University of Paris
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society Follow of the Institut de France
adultbasic
France
era
1600-1800
Notable students
Pierre-Simon Laplace