d'Alembert
Enlightenment encyclopedia co-editor
Jean le Rond d'Alembert was an 18th-century French mathematician and philosopher, co-editor of the Encyclopédie with Diderot.
His name attaches to concepts in physics and mathematics: d'Alembert's principle reformulates Newton's laws for constrained systems; the d'Alembert operator appears in wave equations.
In gambling, the d'Alembert system is a betting strategy where stakes increase after losses and decrease after wins.
Prolific 18th-century mathematician
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- mechanicsScience of motion
differential equations · Paris · Academy · polymath · theorem · physicist · philosopher · geometry
Science of motion
- constraintsLimits on action
- equilibriumState of balance
- dynamicsStudy of forces
- NewtonFamous scientific surname
motion · rigid body · statics · classical mechanics · physics · kinetic · acceleration · formulation
Comprehensive Enlightenment-era French reference
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- editorOne who revises text
- contributorOne who provides something
knowledge · reason · rationalism · salons · French Revolution · intellectual · articles · classification
Spinning wheel wager
- martingaleTack restraining head position
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- casinoFacility for wagering
- doublingMultiplying by two
progression · wagering · strategy · risk · bankroll · even money · fallacy · odds
Science of flowing matter
- inviscidHaving no thickness resistance
- dragResistance through fluid
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
- zero resistanceComplete absence of impedance
viscosity · boundary layer · irrotational · hydrodynamics · theoretical · experimental · cylinder · sphere
Euler
Prolific 18th-century mathematician
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- calculusMathematical analysis system
mechanics · differential equations · Paris · Academy · polymath · theorem · physicist · philosopher · geometry · analysis
mechanics
Science of motion
- constraintsLimits on action
- equilibriumState of balance
- dynamicsStudy of forces
Newton · motion · rigid body · statics · classical mechanics · physics · kinetic · acceleration · formulation · derivation
Encyclopédie
Comprehensive Enlightenment-era French reference
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- editorOne who revises text
contributor · knowledge · reason · rationalism · salons · French Revolution · intellectual · articles · classification · sciences
roulette
Spinning wheel wager
- martingaleTack restraining head position
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- casinoFacility for wagering
doubling · progression · wagering · strategy · risk · bankroll · even money · fallacy · odds · stakes
fluid dynamics
Science of flowing matter
- inviscidHaving no thickness resistance
- dragResistance through fluid
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
zero resistance · viscosity · boundary layer · irrotational · hydrodynamics · theoretical · experimental · cylinder · sphere · flow
- bettingbet, ante, wager, odds, stake
- enlightenmentVoltaire, Rousseau, Locke, Kant, Montesquieu
- Enlightenment ScienceLavoisier, Linnaeus, Euler, Laplace, Franklin
- EncyclopedieDiderot, volumes, articles, entries, contributors
- French MathDescartes, Fermat, Pascal, Laplace, Grothendieck
- PhilosophesVoltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Condorcet