Gaspard Gustave de Coriolis
1792 - 1843
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Coriolis is best remembered for the Coriolis force. He showed that the laws of motion could be used in a rotating frame of reference if an extra force called the Coriolis acceleration is added to the equations of motion.
A Poster of Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
Mathematicians born in the same country
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| Lunar features | Crater Coriolis |
| Paris street names | Rue Coriolis (8th Arrondissement) |
| Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower | |
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