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French Scientist Day
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Today is the birthday of these French scientists:
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Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683) – entomology
Louis Godin (1704) – astronomy
Rene-Just Hauy (1743) – mineralogy
Edmond Fremy (1814) – chemistry
Henri-Edouard-Prosper Breuil (1877) – archeology
Pierre Fatou (1878) – mathematics
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Which of these fine gentlemen from the 1600s to the 1800s, do you think, did each achievement?
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Who is most known for discovering a salt that acts to promote oxidation?
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Who went to Peru to help take measurements to determine the size and shape of the earth?
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Who studied the relationship between the growth of insects and temperature?
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Who is noted for his studies of cave art?
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Who accidentally discovered the geometrical law of crystallization when he dropped some calcite?
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Who studied iterative and recursive processes?
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ANSWERS: 1.Fremy – 2.Godin – 3.Reaumur – 4.Breuil – 5.Hauy – 6.Fatou
