Foucault

[ foo-koh ]

/ fuˈkoʊ /

noun

Jean Ber·nard Lé·on

[zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/,1819–68, French physicist.

Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/,1926–84, French philosopher.

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I think the first example of that is in 1979 Foucault supporting the Iranian revolution.

Sunday Q&A: Josef Joffe on the Myth of American Decline |Michael Moynihan |November 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Foucault and Freud (and maybe Margaret Mead) should both be consulted on the complex sexual dynamics at play here.

Out of the Ruins of the Second World War |Lucas Wittmann |October 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
You remember Foucault—who was one of the best thinkers of his generation—he supported Ayatollah Khomeini!

The Politics of Literature: An interview with Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa |Michael Moynihan |October 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In France, a whole constellation of (relatively) young thinkers are transforming it: Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, etc.

Derrida’s ‘Of Grammatology’ and the Birth of Deconstruction |Benoît Peeters |December 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Barthes, Derrida, Foucault and Lacan were starting to develop the ideas that would revolutionize the humanities.

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The coin was accordingly spun, and the pearl went to Foucault's chest.

John Thorndyke's Cases |R. Austin Freeman
It was suggested by Mr. Lang of Edinburgh in 1836, although only carried out in 1852 by Foucault.

Spinning Tops |John Perry
To understand this, we must revert to the action of the Foucault gyrostat, as illustrated in diagram 1.

Every-day Science: Volume VII. The Conquest of Time and Space |Henry Smith Williams
It was first accomplished by Foucault, and in a manner differing apparently but little from the foregoing.

Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light |Albert A. Michelson
Toepler's method, accordingly, enjoys all the advantages of the Huygens and the Foucault procedure combined.

Popular scientific lectures |Ernst Mach

British Dictionary definitions for foucault

Foucault

/ (French fuko) /

noun

Jean Bernard Léon (ʒɑ̃ bɛrnar leɔ̃). 1819–68, French physicist. He determined the velocity of light and proved that light travels more slowly in water than in air (1850). He demonstrated by means of the pendulum named after him the rotation of the earth on its axis (1851) and invented the gyroscope (1852)

Michel . 1926–84, French philosopher and historian of ideas. His publications include Histoire de la folie (1961) and Les Mots et les choses (1966)

Scientific definitions for foucault

Foucault

[ fōō-kō′ ]

Jean Bernard Léon 1819-1868

French physicist who determined that light travels more slowly in water than in air, confirming predictions made by the wave theory of light. In 1850 Foucault also measured the absolute velocity of light. In 1851, by using a type of pendulum that is now named after him, Foucault demonstrated the rotation of the Earth, and in 1852 perfected a gyroscope for the same purpose.

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