Title :
Émile Durand, A Physicist´s Route During the 20th Century in France [Historical Corner]
Author :
Guiraud, Jean-Louis
Author_Institution :
ISAE (Inst. Super. de I´´Aeronautique et de l´´Espace), Toulouse, France
Abstract :
This paper presents the life and scientific career of Emile Durand. The following are discussed: education and early scientific life; arrival in Toulouse in 1949; Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Toulouse, 1953; creation of the "Institut de Calcul Numerique", 1957; and teaching. Emile Durand considered as an outstanding example of those teachers of the last century who, starting from Ecole normale d\´Instituteurs, advanced to the Academy of Sciences.
Keywords :
biographies; Academy of Sciences; Ecole normale d´Instituteurs; Emile Durand; France; Institut de Calcul Numerique; Toulouse; historical note; physicist; Diffraction; Educational institutions; Electron optics; Fabry-Perot interferometers; History; Laboratories; Lenses; Optical interferometry; Optical surface waves; Physics; History;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2009.5432105
