Paul-Michel Foucault (UK: /ˈfuːkoʊ/ FOO-koh, US: /fuːˈkoʊ/ foo-KOH; French: [pɔl miʃɛl fuko]; 15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French historian of...
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The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the...
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Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault [il ˈpɛndolo di fuˈko]) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first...
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Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: /ʒɒ̃ ˈbɛərnɑːr ˌleɪɒ̃ ˈfuːkoʊ/, US: /ˌʒɒ̃ bɛərˈnɑːr leɪˌɒ̃ fuːˈkoʊ/; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819...
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Foucault may refer to: Foucault (surname) Léon Foucault (1819–1868), French physicist. Three notable objects were named after him: Foucault (crater),...
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Foucault is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jean-Pierre Foucault (born 1947), French television host Jeffrey Foucault (born 1976)...
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Fizeau–Foucault apparatus may refer to either of two nineteenth-century experiments to measure the speed of light: Fizeau's measurement of the speed of...
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Discourse (section Poststructuralism (Foucault))
philosophy, and discourse analysis. Following pioneering work by Michel Foucault, these fields view discourse as a system of thought, knowledge, or communication...
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Jean-Pierre Foucault (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ fuko]; born 23 November 1947) is a French television and radio host. He was born in Marseille, his...
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This is a list of Foucault pendulums in the world: Wikimedia Commons has media related to Foucault pendulums. Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna St. Ruprecht...
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