Properties (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:physicist
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
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| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:École_Normale_Supérieure
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| gptkbp:awards |
Member_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences
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| gptkbp:born |
August 1, 1889
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| gptkbp:children |
Jacques_Brillouin
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| gptkbp:contribution |
Information theory
Statistical mechanics Quantum_mechanics |
| gptkbp:died |
July 4, 1969
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| gptkbp:field |
physics
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| gptkbp:fieldOfStudy |
Acoustics
Electromagnetism Solid state physics |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Léon Brillouin
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Claude_Shannon
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Henri_Poincaré
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| gptkbp:knownFor |
Brillouin zone
Brillouin_scattering |
| gptkbp:legacy |
Contributions to quantum mechanics
Brillouin zone in solid state physics Influence on information theory Brillouin_function_in_statistical_mechanics Brillouin_scattering_in_optics |
| gptkbp:nationality |
French
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| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:David_Bohm
gptkb:Robert_Fano gptkb:John_von_Neumann |
| gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Paris,_France
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| gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California,_USA
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| gptkbp:publishes |
Theoretical_and_Experimental_Physics
Theoretical_Physics_and_the_Philosophy_of_Science Science_and_Information_Theory The_Principle_of_Information Wave_Propagation_and_Group_Velocity |
| gptkbp:researchFocus |
Information theory
Statistical mechanics Wave propagation Quantum_theory |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Marie_Brillouin
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