Marie Alfred Cornu

Marie Alfred Cornu was a French physicist and professor of École polytechnique. The Cornu spiral, a graphical device for the computation of light intensities in Augustin-Jean Fresnel's model of near-field diffraction, is named after him. The spiral is also used in geometric design of roads.

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Who was born first?

• Marie Alfred Cornu and Emil Theodor Kocher were born the same year
• Marie Alfred Cornu and Hermann Carl Vogel were born the same year
• Marie Alfred Cornu and Ernst Schröder were born the same year
• Marie Alfred Cornu and Theodor von Oppolzer were born the same year
• Marie Alfred Cornu and Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alexander Mikhaylovich ZaytsevJune 20, 1841 – August 19, 1910
2. Emil Theodor KocherAugust 25, 1841 – July 27, 1917
3. Ernst SchröderNovember 25, 1841 – June 16, 1902
4. Hermann Carl VogelApril 3, 1841 – August 13, 1907
5. Marie Alfred Cornu (this page)March 6, 1841 – April 12, 1902
6. Theodor von OppolzerOctober 26, 1841 – December 26, 1886

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