Foucault
WordNet
noun
(1) French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)
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Quotations
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
- There are many “” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works.
Proper noun
- the French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault
- the French philosopher Michel Foucault