Charles Bossut
| Charles Bossut | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
11 August 1730 Tartaras, France |
| Died |
14 January 1814 (aged 83) Paris, France |
| Residence | France |
| Fields | Mathematics |
Charles Bossut (11 August 1730 – 14 January 1814) was a French mathematician and confrère of the Encyclopaedists. He was born at Tartaras, Loire, and died in Paris.
His works include
- Traité élémentaire d'hydrodynamique (1771) later reworked as Traité théorique et expérimental d'hydrodynamique (1786–87)
- Traité élémentaire de méchanique statique (1772)
- Cours de mathématiques (1781)
- Histoire générale des mathématiques (1810)
Did write parts of the Encyclopédie on mathematics with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. 1768 member of Académie des sciences
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Charles Bossut", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "article name needed". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
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