Mathematician:Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

Mathematician

French military engineer and physicist.

Best known as the discoverer of what is now called Coulomb's Law.

Did important work on friction.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 14 June 1736 in Angoulême, France
• Died: 23 August 1806 in Paris, France

Theorems and Definitions

• Coulomb's Law of Electrostatics, also known just as Coulomb's Law

• Coulomb's Constant
• Coulomb Force (also known as Electrostatic Force)

• Coulomb (unit of electric charge)
  • Abcoulomb
  • Statcoulomb

Results named for Charles-Augustin de Coulomb can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Charles-Augustin de Coulomb can be found here.

Publications

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• 1784: Recherches théoriques et expérimentales sur la force de torsion et sur l'élasticité des fils de metal (Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pp. 229 – 269)
• 1785: Premier mémoire sur l’électricité et le magnétisme (Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pp. 569 – 577)
• 1785: Second mémoire sur l’électricité et le magnétisme (Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pp. 578 – 611)
• 1785: Troisième mémoire sur l’électricité et le magnétisme (Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pp. 612 – 638)
• 1786: Quatrième mémoire sur l’électricité (Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pp. 67 – 77)
• 1787: Cinquième mémoire sur l’électricité (Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pp. 421 – 467)
• 1788: Sixième mémoire sur l’électricité (Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pp. 617 – 705)
• 1789: Septième mémoire sur l’électricité et le magnétisme (Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pp. 455 – 505)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Charles-Augustin de Coulomb": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): coulomb
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): coulomb