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École polytechnique
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École polytechnique is a grande école located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris.
The chemistry auditorium in the old building in the Quartier Latin, photographed by Jules David in 1904
The chemistry auditorium in the old building in the Quartier Latin, photographed by Jules David in 1904
Statue in the courtyard commemorating the cadets of the school rushing to the defence of Paris in 1814. A replica was installed in West Point.
Statue in the courtyard commemorating the cadets of the school rushing to the defence of Paris in 1814. A replica was installed in West Point.
Pediment of historical buildings, rue Descartes in Paris
Pediment of historical buildings, rue Descartes in Paris
Historical entrance of the École polytechnique Paris campus at the junction of the rue de la Montagne Saint-Genevieve and rue Descartes
Historical entrance of the École polytechnique Paris campus at the junction of the rue de la Montagne Saint-Genevieve and rue Descartes
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
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Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, known as Sadi Carnot, was a French military engineer and physicist. A graduate of the École polytechnique, Carnot served as an officer in the Engineering Arm of the French
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…Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, Henri Poincaré, Laurent Schwartz and Benoît Mandelbrot, physicists such as Henri Becquerel, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, André-Marie Ampère and Augustin-Jean Fresnel, and economists Maurice Allais and Jean Tirole. French Marshals Joseph Joffre, Ferdinand Foch, Émile…
Carnot aged 17 in the uniform of a cadet of the École polytechnique. Portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1813).
Carnot aged 17 in the uniform of a cadet of the École polytechnique. Portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1813).
Portrait of Sadi Carnot's father, Lazare Carnot (1753–1823) as a Napoleonic general, by an unknown artist, ca. 1815, Museum of French History, Versail
Portrait of Sadi Carnot's father, Lazare Carnot (1753–1823) as a Napoleonic general, by an unknown artist, ca. 1815, Museum of French History, Versailles
Portrait of Sadi Carnot, aged 10, by Félie Carnot, 1806. Académie François Bourdon, Le Creusot, France
Portrait of Sadi Carnot, aged 10, by Félie Carnot, 1806. Académie François Bourdon, Le Creusot, France
Drawing of Sadi Carnot by artist Despoix, Paris, 1830. The original is now in the French Academy of Sciences, Paris.
Drawing of Sadi Carnot by artist Despoix, Paris, 1830. The original is now in the French Academy of Sciences, Paris.