Sujet
Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist, 17th century. Artist: Claude Mellan
Légende
Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist, 17th century. Appointed professor of mathematics at the College Royal, Paris, in 1645, Gassendi (1592-1655) numbered Kepler and Galileo among his friends. He rejected Aristotelianism and favoured an experimental approach to science. He was important in the revival of atomism, and calculated the velocity of sound in air with some accuracy.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1620
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_250
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,9Mo (4,2Mo) / 28,5cm x 43,9cm / 3368 x 5182 (300dpi)