By the time Fourier was nine years old, he was an orphan. He was put in the military school at Auxerre where he began to develop an interest in mathematics. Fourier wanted to enter the army, but because of his low social position, he was only qualified...

Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier is best known for the trigonometric technique that we now know as the Fourier series. His life was not without excitement outside the mathematical world. During his life he was a political activist caught up in the French...

The French mathematical physicist Jean Baptiste Joseph, Baron Fourier (1768-1830), was the first to discuss in a comprehensive manner the various aspects of the flow of heat in bodies. On March 21, 1768, J.B.J. Fourier was born in Auxerre. At the age...

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist. Fourier was active in the French Revolution and later worked for Napoleon and the French government as an administrator and Egyptologist. Best known for his contribution to the...