| Léon Foucault Physicist (19-Sep-1819 — 11-Feb-1868) SUBJECT OF BOOKS
Amir D. Aczel. Pendulum: Léon Foucault and the Triumph of Science. Simon and Schuster. 2003. 275pp. William Tobin. The Life and Science of Léon Foucault: The Man Who Proved the Earth Rotates. Cambridge University Press. 2003. 338pp.
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