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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Portrait bi Hippolyte Lecomte
Born14 Juin 1736(1736-06-14)
Angoulême, Angoumois, Fraunce
Dee'd23 August 1806(1806-08-23) (aged 70)
Paris, Fraunce
NaitionalityFrench
Kent forCoulomb's law
Scientific career
FieldsPheesics

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (French: [kulɔ̃]; 14 Juin 1736 – 23 August 1806) wis a French pheesicist. He wis best kent for developin Coulomb's law, the defineetion o the electrostatic force o attraction an repulsion, but an aa did important wirk on freection. The SI unit o electric chairge, the coulomb, wis named efter him.[1]

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