Biography Buffon

Born on September 7 in Montbarus Burgundy. He studied jurisprudence first at the Jesuit college in Dijon, then at the University of Dijon. He later studied at the medical faculty of the University of Angea. He traveled a lot in France and Italy, sometimes in the company of the English Duke Kingston and his mentor N. The latter aroused an interest in natural science from Buffon.

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He ended the translation of Newton's essay on the “fluxi” method of differential and integral calculus. In the same year he was elected a member of the London Royal Society. B - was the director of the Botanical Garden in Paris. The Buffon died in Paris on April 16 opens labor intensively discussed at that time the theory of Earth's evolution. The earth, according to the Buffon, was formed from that part of the sun that separated from it after the collision of the sun with a comet.

First, the gas -shaped cloud condensation occurred, then continents began to form, a process continuing to this day. In the second volume dedicated to a person, the results of observations are discussed in detail, indicating that the variety of customs, beliefs, physical characteristics of people and the color of their skin is primarily the effects of “climate”.

Moreover, the “climate” was understood not only the conditions determined by the geographical latitude of the given area and the height above sea level, but also its openness to the winds, proximity to large reservoirs, not to mention the average temperature, precipitation and humidity. The nature of the entire publication undertaken by the Buffon is most fully reflected in volumes dedicated to the world of animals and plants.

The scientist not only described many animals and plants, but also expressed ideas about the change in species in contrast to K. Lynneus, about the unity of the animal and plant world. This work put forward a Buffon in the first row of the predecessors of Ch. According to Buffon, organisms with common ancestors undergo long -term changes under the influence of the environment and become less and less similar to each other.

The concern of the Buffon form of the presentation of scientific issues is reflected in his work, the discussion on the style of Discours sur Le Style, dedicated to his election to the French Academy. During the life of Buffon, scientists treated him with respect, and the general public was read out by his works. Later, they began to give preference to other authors, but the authority of Buffon among lovers of natural history has long remained indisputable.

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