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Joseph Fourier
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Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
(; ; 21 March 1768 – 16 May 1830) was a
French
mathematician
and
physicist
born in
Auxerre
and best known for initiating the investigation of
Fourier series
and their applications to problems of
heat transfer
and
vibrations
. The
Fourier transform
and Fourier's law are also named in his honour. Fourier is also generally credited with the discovery of the
greenhouse effect
.
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