Emmanuel Carvallo

Emmanuel Carvallo was a French mathematician.[1] He is notable for showing in 1897 that bicycles could be self-stable,[2][3][4] for opposing wave models of X-rays in 1900,[5] and for claiming in 1912 that Einstein's Theory of Relativity had been proven false.[6]

References

  1. ^ Bottazzini, Umberto; Dahan-Dalmédico, Amy (2001). Changing images in mathematics: from the French Revolution to the new millennium. Routledge. p. 162.
  2. ^ Kooijman, J. D. G.; Meijaard, J. P.; Papadopoulos, J. M.; Ruina, A.; Schwab, A. L. (April 15, 2011). "A bicycle can be self-stable without gyroscopic or caster effects" (PDF). Science. 332 (6027): 339–342. Bibcode:2011Sci...332..339K. doi:10.1126/science.1201959. PMID 21493856. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  3. ^ Highfield, Roger (Jun 2007). "The mathematical way to ride a bike". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  4. ^ J. P. Meijaard; J. M. Papadopoulos; A. Ruina & A. L. Schwab (2007). "Linearized dynamics equations for the balance and steer of a bicycle: a benchmark and review" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 463 (2084): 1955–1982. Bibcode:2007RSPSA.463.1955M. doi:10.1098/rspa.2007.1857. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01.
  5. ^ Wheaton, Bruce R. (1991), The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism, Cambridge University Press, p. 42, ISBN 978-0-521-35892-7.
  6. ^ C. J. Ryan (January 1935). "Science and Research". Theosophical Path Magazine: 518.


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