Val-de-Grâce in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Henri Poincaré

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 26, 2023

1. Henri Poincaré Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Mathematicien
physicien-philosophe
1854-1912
A vécu dans cette maison de 1887 jusqu'a sa mort

(English translation:)

Mathematician, physicist-philosopher, 1854-1912. Lived in this house from 1887 until his death.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is July 17, 1912.

Location. 48° 50.445′ N, 2° 20.673′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Val-de-Grâce. It is on Rue Claude Bernard, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 63 Rue Claude Bernard, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Guillevic (about 90 meters away, measured

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in a direct line); Louis Hemon (about 150 meters away); L’Ecole Normale Supérieure (about 150 meters away); L’Église de Notre Dame de la Cuisine Fatiguée (about 180 meters away); Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932-2007) (about 210 meters away); July 21, 1944 Jewish Deportation Memorial (about 210 meters away); Amorim de Carvalho (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Jacques Solomon (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Henri Poincaré (Wikipedia).

Overview: Jules Henri Poincaré (29 April 1854 – 17 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist", since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime.

As a mathematician and physicist, he made many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics. In his research on the three-body problem, Poincaré became the first person to discover a chaotic deterministic system which laid the foundations of modern
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 26, 2023

2. Henri Poincaré Marker - wide view
chaos theory. He is also considered to be one of the founders of the field of topology.

(Submitted on July 15, 2023.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 140 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.