January 31, 200818 yr It must be said that the French have made a significant input into the technology that we have around us. ( The smart ones of course ) Foucault invented the gyroscope for example. Where would milk be today without Louis Pasteur! Raymond Gaston Plant
January 31, 200818 yr Author I had to brush up on my history knowledge on this but basically, for most of recorded history, man thought that the Earth was the centre of the universe. This theory was called the Geocentric Theory. Anyone who challenged it was put to death for their heretical beliefs. Religion and mythology were also factors of course. A proportion of the French to this day held this belief even though science proved otherwise. Its ironic that in the 19th century, the French physicist Jean-Bernard-L
January 31, 200818 yr They have replicated his experiment which proved this in Paris. Here is a picture I took of it last June. How cool is that - At least the French respect their geniuses. We just let ours invent something then let another country exploit it!
January 31, 200818 yr How cool is that - At least the French respect their geniuses. We just let ours invent something then let another country exploit it! Who was that or do you expect us to whittle down a list of UK geniuses.....
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