Description: (Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer, Civil engineer, Engineer, Professor)
Jean-Baptiste Biot was a prominent French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician known for his significant contributions to various fields of science. He co-discovered the Biot-Savart law of magnetostatics with Félix Savart, confirmed the existence of meteorites, conducted pioneering research on the polarization of light, and even took part in an early balloon flight. Biot's legacy is further commemorated through the naming of the biot unit of electrical current, the mineral biotite, and Cape Biot in Greenland in recognition of his remarkable achievements in the scientific community.