Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat Scientist

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (French: [bʁy.a]; born 29 December 1923 in Lille) is a French mathematician and physicist. She was the first woman to be elected to the Académie des Sciences Française ("French Academy of Sciences") and is a Grand Officier of the Légion d'honneur.

Personal facts

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat
Birth dateDecember 29, 1923
Birth place
Lille
Nationality
French people
Education
École Normale Supérieure
Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Scientist

awards
Legion of Honour
Field of study
Mathematics
Physics

Topical connections

Édouard HerriotPrime minister
Édouard GoursatScientist
Émilie du ChâteletScientist
Édouard GuillaudMilitary person
Édouard BalladurPolitician
Étienne-Louis MalusScientist
Émile BorelScientist
Élie CartanScientist

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/bruhat.htm
  2. http://www.awm-math.org/noetherbrochure/Choquet86.html
  3. http://www.ihes.fr/IHES/Scientifique/Seminaires/CvcHOQUET.html
  4. http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Choquet-Bruhat,_Yvonne@922345678.html