| Date of Birth | 18-September-1819 | |
| Place of Birth |
Paris (ÃŽle-de-France, France, Seine) |
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| Nationality | France | |
| Also know as | Leon Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon Foucault | |
| Profession | Physicist | |
| Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope. | ||
Awards by Léon Foucault |
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| Check all the awards nominated and won by Léon Foucault. | ||
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