Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Appearance
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb | |
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Portrait bi Hippolyte Lecomte | |
Born | 14 Juin 1736 Angoulême, Angoumois, Fraunce |
Dee'd | 23 August 1806 Paris, Fraunce | (aged 70)
Naitionality | French |
Kent for | Coulomb's law |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pheesics |
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (French: [kulɔ̃]; 14 Juin 1736 – 23 August 1806) wis a French pheesicist. He wis best kent for developin Coulomb's law, the defineetion o the electrostatic force o attraction an repulsion, but an aa did important wirk on freection. The SI unit o electric chairge, the coulomb, wis named efter him.[1]