“When one day Lagrange took out of his pocket a paper which he read at the Académe, and which contained a demonstration of the famous Postulatum of Euclid, relative to the theory of parallels. This demonstration rested on an obvious paralogism, which appeared as such to everybody; and probably Lagrange also recognised it such during his lecture. For, when he had finished, he put the paper back in his pocket, and spoke no more of it. A moment of universal silence followed, and one passed immediately to other concerns.”
Quote by Jean-Baptiste Biot
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Jean-Baptiste Biot
Jean-Baptiste Biot was a French physicist recognized for his contributions to optics and acoustics. He is also known for his work in magnetism and the development of the Biot-Savart law. Biot was born on April 21, 1774, and died on February 3, 1862. more
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