Historical FigureMale
Marin Mersenne
1588 – 1648
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMarin Mersenne, OM was a French polymath whose works touched a wide variety of fields. He is perhaps best known today among mathematicians for Mersenne prime numbers, those written in the form Mn = 2n − 1 for some integer n. He also developed Mersenne's laws, which describe the harmonics of a vibrating string, and his seminal work on music theory, Harmonie universelle, for which he is referred to as the "father of acoustics".
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
September 8, 1588
Oizé
Date of death
September 1, 1648
Paris
Citizenship
France
Occupations & fields
philosophertheologianmathematicianmusicologistmusic theoristphysicist
Notable works
Harmonie universelleLa verite des sciencesMersenne primeMersenne's laws
- Field and occupation
- francúzsky teológ, filozof, matematik a hudobný teoretik, často nazývaný aj "otec akustiky" (1588-1648)
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