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Jean-Baptiste Biot

French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician

b. 1774 CE – d. 1862 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Jean-Baptiste Biot (21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862) is a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who establishes the reality of meteorites, makes an early balloon flight, and studies the polarization of light.

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Moran, J. (2017). Jean-Baptiste Biot. History Atlas. Retrieved 7 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/jean-baptiste-biot/

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