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Jacques Charles
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French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1780
- Died
- 1867
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Works of Jacques-Charles Brunet and other miscellaneous authors collected by Roger E. Stoddard
- Catalogue des livres de la bibliothéque de M. F**
- Par continuation
- Notice biographique et bibliographique sur J.G. Alione (d'Asti)
- Catalogue des autographes précieux provenant de la bibliothèque de feu M. Jacques-Charles Brunet ...
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-09-23
- Active to
- 2004-06-10
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 56
- Total plays
- 179
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries
· 2021 · cited 77,911x
- Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
· 2018 · cited 53,558x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,742x
- The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
· 1989 · cited 28,518x
- Global cancer statistics
· 2011 · cited 23,166x
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Key facts
- Born
- 12 November 1746 ( 1746-11-12 ) , Beaugency , France
- Died
- 7 April 1823 ( 1823-04-08 ) (aged 76), Paris , France
- Known for
- Charles's law
- Fields
- Physics , mathematics , hot air ballooning
- Institutions
- Académie des Sciences
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Portrait du physicien Charles (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Jacques Alexandre César Charles
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- name in native language
- Jacques Charles
- date of birth
- 1746-11-12
- date of death
- 1825-04-07
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Jacques Alexandre César Charles ( French pronunciation: [ʒak alɛksɑ̃dʁ sezaʁ ʃaʁl]; 12 November 1746 – 7 April 1823) was a French inventor, scientist, and balloonist. Charles wrote almost nothing about mathematics, and most of what has been credited to him was due to mistaking him with another Jacques Charles (sometimes called Charles the Geometer), also a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences, entering on 12 May 1785.
Charles and the Robert brothers launched the world's first hydrogen-filled gas balloon August 27, 1783; then December 1, 1783, Charles and his co-pilot Nicolas-Louis Robert ascended to a height of about 1,800 feet (550 m) in a piloted gas balloon. Their pioneering use of hydrogen for lift led to this type of gas balloon being named a Charlière (as opposed to the hot-air Montgolfière).