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Jean-Paul Poirier

Jean-Paul Poirier is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jean-Paul Poirier rather than just read about it. In short: Jean-Paul Poirier (born 13 May 1935) is a French physicist and member of the French Academy of Sciences. Biography and works J.-P.

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Reference excerpt

Jean-Paul Poirier (born 13 May 1935) is a French physicist and member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Biography and works J.-P. Poirier is an engineer from the École Centrale Paris (1959), Doctor of Science (1971). He was an engineer at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) from 1963 to 1978 and a physicist at the Institut de physique du globe in Paris from 1978 to 2003, where he created the Geomaterials Laboratory. He was elected member of the Academia Europaea in 1993. He was correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences in 1994, and was elected member in October 2002. He has been elected to the Bureau des Longitudes since 1996 and is a member of the National Academy of History of Ecuador. He has worked on the physical properties of the deep Earth (lower mantle and core) and is interested in historical seismology.

Some recent publications Poirier, J.P. & T.J. Shankland (1993) Dislocation melting of iron and the temperature of the inner core, revisited, Geophys. J. Int., 115, 147-151. Poirier, J.P. Light elements in the Earth's outer core: a critical review, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 85,(1994) 319-337. Poirier, J.P. & A. Tarantola A. logarithmic equation of state, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 109,(1998) 1-8. Poirier, J.P. & G.D. Price Primary slip system of e-iron and anisotropy of the inner core, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 110, (1999) 147-156. Poirier, J.P. Electrical Earthquakes : A short-lived Theory in the 18th Century, Earth Sciences History 35, (2016) 283-302. Poirier, J.P. Le grand séisme de Huaxian (1556) : quelques documents chinois, C.R. Geosciences 349, (2017) 49-52. Poirier, J.-P., Saints as protectors against earthquakes in popular culture in Italy and Latin America, Earth Sciences History 37, (2018) 157-164. Guidoboni, E., Poirier, J.-P., The oscillatory seismic motion and the daily motion of the Earth i Francesco Travagini's Physica disquisitio (1669). Earth Sciences History 37, (2018) 165-176.

Books 1991 : Les Profondeurs de la Terre, Masson, coll. « Cahiers des sciences de l'univers », 1997, 2e éd. (ISBN 978-2225852237) 1995 : Le Minéral et le Vivant, Ed. Fayard 1996 : Le Noyau de la Terre[5], Ed. Flammarion, coll. « Dominos » 1998 : La Terre, mère ou marâtre? Ed. Flammarion 1999 : Ces pierres qui tombent du ciel, Ed. Le Pommier, 2001 : Mystification à l'Académie des sciences, Ed. Le Pommier 2002 : Antoine d'Abbadie, Ed. Académie des sciences 2004 : Quand la terre tremblait, Ed. Odile Jacob - (ISBN 978-2-7381-1370-2) 2005 : Le tremblement de terre de Lisbonne, Ed. Odile Jacob - (ISBN 2-7381-1666-3) 2008 : L'abbé Bertholon - Un électricien des Lumières en province[6], Ed. Hermann - (ISBN 978 2 7056 6728 3) 2009 : A. Aspect, R. Balian, G. Bastard, J.P. Bouchaud, B. Cabane, F. Combes, T. Encrenaz, S. Fauve, A. Fert, M. Fink, A. Georges, J.F. Joanny, D. Kaplan, D. Le Bihan, P. Léna, H. Le Treut, J-P Poirier, J. Prost et J.L. Puget, Demain la physique, (Odile Jacob, 2009) (ISBN 9782738123053) 1985, 1991 : Creep of Crystals, Cambridge University Press. 1991, 2000 : Introduction to the Physics of the Earth's Interior, Cambridge University Press. 2009 : Antoine d'Abbadie - Voyageur et physicien du globe au XIXe siècle, Ed. Hermann. 2010 : Jean-Baptiste Biot, un savant méconnu, Hermann. 2014 : Une brève histoire du magnétisme, Belin. (avec L.-L. Le Mouël). 2015 : Fernand de Montessus de Ballore (1851-1923) pionnier français de la science des tremblements de terre, Hermann. 2017 : La catastrophe de la Montagne Pelée (1902), un autre regard, L’Harmattan. 2018 : Le grand tremblement de terre de Calabre et de Messine (1783), L’Harmattan.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jean-Paul Poirier

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Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jean-Paul Poirier before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jean-Paul Poirier ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jean-Paul Poirier

In research: Jean-Paul Poirier appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jean-Paul Poirier in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jean-Paul Poirier is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1935 births, 20th-century French physicists, 21st-century French physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jean-Paul Poirier outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Jean-Paul Poirier in simple terms?

Jean-Paul Poirier (born 13 May 1935) is a French physicist and member of the French Academy of Sciences. Biography and works J.-P.

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Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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