Mathematicians commemorated on the Eiffel Tower

When Gustave Eiffel built his famous Parisian tower, he included the names of 72 prominent French scientists on plaques around the first stage. Those who are in our archive are listed below.

Click on the name below to go to the biography.

Ampère Arago Borda Carnot Cauchy Chasles Clapeyron Coriolis Coulomb De Prony

Delambre Delaunay Foucault Fourier Fresnel Lagrange Lalande Lamé Laplace Le Verrier

Legendre Malus Monge Morin Navier Poinsot Poisson Sturm

Other Web site:

The full list of the 72 commemorated is part of the Eiffel Tower web site.