Paul Langevin
French physicist (1872–1946)
Paul Langevin (23 January 1872 – 19 December 1946) was a French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. He was one of the founders of the Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes, an anti-fascist organization created after the 6 February 1934 far right riots.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Paul Langevin (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Jan 23, 1872, died Dec 19, 1946.1
About
Being a public opponent of fascism in the 1930s resulted in his arrest and being held under house arrest by the Vichy government for most of World War II. Langevin was also president of the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1944 to 1946, having recently joined the French Communist Party.
He was a doctoral student of Pierre Curie and later a lover of widowed Marie Curie. He is also known for his two US patents with Constantin Chilowsky in 1916 and 1917 involving ultrasonic submarine detection. He is entombed at the Panthéon.
From Wikipedia’s article on Paul Langevin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- EDP SciencesFounder3
- La PenséeFounder4
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Sources
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- 1WikidataPaul Langevin on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPaul Langevin on Wikipedia
- 3WikidataEDP Sciences, Founder
- 4WikidataLa Pensée, Founder