Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan
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Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan
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Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan was a French natural philosopher (physicist), born in the town of Béziers on 26 November 1678. De Mairan lost his father, François d'Ortous, at age four and his mother twelve years later at age sixteen. Over the course of his life, de Mairan was elected into numerous scientific societies and made key discoveries in a variety of fields including ancient texts and astronomy. His observations and experiments also inspired the beginning of what is now known as the stu
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18th-century French geophysicist, astronomer, and chronobiologist
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2005-07-14T20:04:21Z
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2024-08-27T01:55:39Z
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