Mathematician:Louis Poinsot

French mathematician and physicist best known for his work in geometry and the embryonic field of graph theory.

Invented the field of geometrical mechanics.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: January 3rd, 1777 in Paris, France.
 * Died: December 5th 1859 in Paris, France.

Theorems and Inventions

 * Poinsot's Construction
 * Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra, otherwise known as Poinsot solids.

Books and Papers

 * 1803: Eléments de statique
 * 1834: Theorie nouvelle de la rotation des corps