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d'Alembert
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- d'AlembertJean Le Rond17171783MFrenchSCIENCE: mathematicianSCIENCE: physicistPHILOSOPHY: philosopherWRITING: encyclopedist Jean Le Rond (ʒɑ̃ lÉ™ rɔ̃). 1717–83, French mathematician, physicist, and rationalist philosopher, noted for his contribution to Newtonian physics in Traité de dynamique (1743) and for his collaboration with Diderot in editing the ·¡²Ô³¦²â³¦±ô´Ç±èé»å¾±±ð
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It was d’Alembert who realized that it was important to consider the journey as well as the destination.
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D’Alembert realized that the Achilles problem vanishes if you consider the limit of the race.
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In memory of that occasion, the child was named Jean Le Rond, and he eventually took the surname d’Alembert.
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D’Alembert is best known for his collaboration on the famed ·¡²Ô³¦²â³¦±ô´Ç±èé»å¾±±ð of human knowledge—a 20-year effort with coauthor Denis Diderot.
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But d’Alembert was more than an encyclopedist.
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