Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was a French physicist born in 1736 who made several important contributions to physics. He is best known for creating Coulomb's law, which describes the electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion between electrically charged particles. Coulomb also discovered an inverse relationship between the force of electric charges and the square of the distance between them. He received the Copley Medal for his work in physics and held several prestigious positions, including becoming a captain in the military and an inspector of public instruction.

1. June 14, 1736-August 23, 1806

2. Greatest Accomplishment?Greatest Accomplishment?
He created Coulomb’s law. It is law of
physics describing the electrostatic
interaction between electrically charged
particles.
"... the moment of the torque is, for wires of
the same metal, proportional to the
torsional angle, the fourth power of the
diameter and the inverse of the length of
the wire..."

3. Ethnicity-Ethnicity- French
Personal Life-Personal Life- Father was an inspector of
the Royal Fields in Montpellier. Mother
came from wealthy family. Moved to Paris
and Coulomb went to Collège des Quatre
-Nations. Went into the military and
became a Captain. Later returned to his
studies.

4. Education-Education- Went to Collège des Quatre
-Nations. Studied Mathematics.
Positions-Positions- He became Captain in the
military. He became one of the first
members of the French National Institute
and was appointed inspector of public
instruction in 1802.

5. Contributions-Contributions- He discovered an inverse
relationship of the force between electric
charges and the square of its distance,
later named after him as Coulomb’s Law.
Awards-Awards- Copley Medal (Physics)

6. Still Used today!!! (The
Spring)

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-
Augustin_de_Coulomb
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion_balanc
e#Torsion_balance
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copley_Medal