Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Augustin-Jean Fresnel (French: [ɔ.ɡy.stɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ fʁɛ.nɛl]; 10 Mey 1788 – 14 Julie 1827), wis a French ingineer an pheesicist wha contreibutit signeeficantly tae the establishment o the theory o wave optics. Fresnel studied the behaviour o licht baith theoretically an experimentally.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel | |
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 Augustin-Jean Fresnel | |
| Born | 10 Mey 1788 Broglie, Kinrick o Fraunce (nou Eure, Fraunce) |
| Dee'd | 14 Julie 1827 (aged 39) Ville-d'Avray, Kinrick o France (nou Hauts-de-Seine, Fraunce) |
| Residence | Fraunce |
| Naitionality | French |
| Alma mater | École polytechnique École des Ponts et Chaussées |
| Kent for | wave optics |
| Awairds | Rumford Medal (1824) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | pheesics, ingineerin |
He is aiblins best kent as the inventor o the Fresnel lens, first adoptit in lichthooses while he wis a French commissioner o lichthooses, an foond in mony applications theday. His Fresnel equations on waves an reflectivity an aa form the basis for mony applications in computer graphics the day — for instance, the renderin o watter.