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Louis Poinsot (French pronunciation: [lwi pwɛ̃so]; 3 January 1777 – 5 December 1859) was a French mathematician and physicist. Poinsot was the inventor of geometrical mechanics, showing how a system of forces acting on a rigid body could be resolved into a single force and a couple.
Jan 3, 2013 · Louis Poinsot was the inventor of geometrical mechanics, investigating how a system of forces acting on a rigid body could be resolved into a single force and a couple.
Feb 1, 2014 · In 1803 Louis Poinsot published a textbook on statics, in which he made clear that the subject dealt not only with forces but also with ‘couples’ (his word), pairs of coplanar non-collinear forces equal in magnitude and direction but opposite in sense.
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Ivor Grattan-Guinness
- 2014
A fervent disciple of Monge, Poinsot was one of the principal leaders of the revival of geometry in France during the first half of the nineteenth century. In particular, he was responsible for the creation in 1846 of a chair of advanced geometry at the Sorbonne, which was intended for Chasles.
Louis Poinsot (1777–1859) was a French mathematician and physicist. Poinsot was the inventor of geometrical mechanics, showing how a system of forces acting on a rigid body could be resolved into a single force and a couple.
Louis Poinsot is one of the 72 scientists whose name is inscribed on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. He is the first, on the face facing east. Louis Poinsot, mathematician, was born in Paris on January 3, 1777. He died in the same city on December 15, 1859.
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Louis Poinsot, né le 3 janvier 1777 à Clermont-en-Beauvaisis [1] et mort le 5 décembre 1859 à Paris, est un mathématicien français connu pour ses contributions à la mécanique rationnelle.
