Jean-Baptiste Biot

Jean-Baptiste Biot
Jean-Baptiste Biot
Born	21 April 1774 (1774-04-21) Paris, France
Died	3 February 1862(1862-02-03) (aged 87) Paris, France
Nationality (legal)	French
Alma mater	École Polytechnique
Known for	Biot number Biot–Savart law Circular dichroism Optical rotation
Awards	Pour le Mérite (1850) Rumford Medal (1840) ForMemRS (1815)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, astronomy and mathematics
Academic advisors	Gaspard Monge[1]
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Jean-Baptiste Biot (/ˈbiːoʊ, ˈbjoʊ/;^[2] French: [bjo]; 21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862) was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the Biot–Savart law of magnetostatics with Félix Savart, established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light.

The biot (a CGS unit of electrical current), the mineral biotite, and Cape Biot in eastern Greenland were named in his honour.