history. Born on the 18th. of September 1819, in Paris. Foucault was

born into a fairly wealthy family. As he grew up his father urged him

to pursue a career in medicine. Foucault agreed, and began his medical

studies. He soon became bored, and then turned his attention to

studying physics. In 1845 he became the scientific editor of The Journal

des De'bats. His experiments began in the same period. In 1855 he

became the physicist at the local observatory.

Foucault, like many of the great thinkers of his time, was a

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