Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jean_Baptiste_Joseph_Fourier
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gptkb:person
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:advisorTo gptkb:Pierre-Simon_Laplace
gptkb:Siméon_Denis_Poisson
gptkb:Joseph_Louis_Lagrange
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:École_Normale_Supérieure
gptkbp:birthDate 1768-03-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Auxerre,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
gptkbp:contributedTo harmonic analysis
heat transfer
mathematical physics
gptkbp:deathDate 1830-05-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
physics
thermodynamics
gptkbp:honor Name inscribed on the Eiffel Tower
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Joseph_Liouville
gptkb:Peter_Gustav_Lejeune_Dirichlet
gptkb:Georg_Ohm
Lord Kelvin
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fourier's_law_of_heat_conduction
gptkb:Fourier_transform
Fourier series
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Académie_des_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Théorie_analytique_de_la_chaleur
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
administrator
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Napoleon's_Egyptian_expedition
gptkbp:servedAs gptkb:Prefect_of_Isère
gptkbp:signature Fourier signature.svg
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:École_Polytechnique
gptkb:University_of_Grenoble
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gptkbp:bfsLayer 7