Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon
1707 - 1788
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Georges Buffon was a French scientist who was important in the area of natural history. His needle experiment caused much discussion about probability.
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Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Georges Buffon (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Lunar features | Crater Buffon |
| Paris street names | Rue Buffon (5th Arrondissement) |
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- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Science Files (Buffon's needle experiment)
- Académie Française; (in French)
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