Leon Foucult
Jose Garcia
Born, Parents
- September 18, 1819 in Paris, France
- Father-Jean Léon Fortuné Foucault
- His father died at the age of nine.
What did he do or study?
- He was a physicist and was very famous for inventing the Foucault pendulum, and for accurately discovering the speed of light.
- The Foucault pendulum that shows in detail how the earth rotates.
References
- http://www.biography.com/people/jean-foucault-40760
- https://www.google.com/search?q=leon+foucault&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=pbg5UunqHIHA8ASuwoC4Aw&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=923&dpr=1#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=5-n4pNEh0p8d8M%3A%3B9uJaGme5kC5abM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.biography.com%252Fimported%252Fimages%252FBiography%252FImages%252FProfiles%252FF%252FJean-Foucault-40760-1-402.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.biography.com%252Fpeople%252Fjean-foucault-40760%3B402%3B402
- http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/page2.htm