Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart

[mklotz]

Let's make a list of all worthwhile inventions that come from France.

I'll wait.

Your contribution to this thread could easily be interpreted as an insult to the French people and culture. I'd like to think that it wasn't meant that way but you might want to think about offering some clarification of what you meant.

Anyway, on to a response to your request...

France has given us some of the most influential mathematicians who have provided much of the analytic framework on which modern developments are based. Here is a partial list...

Blaise Pascal - projective geometry, mechanical calculator, Pascal's law, Pascal's triangle

Pierre Fermat - difference quotient (precursor to differential calculus), Fermat's last theorem, Fermat's principle

Jean-Baptiste Fourier - Fourier series, Fourier transform, greenhouse effect

René Descartes - analytical geometry, Cartesian coordinates, rationalism

Pierre-Simon Laplace - Laplace's equation, Laplace transform

The work of many of these mathematicians extends into the scientific world. In addition, there are many key French scientists as this list shows...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_scientists