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Le Sage, Georges-Louis

Georges-Louis Le Sage (13.06.1724-9.11.1803) was a Swiss physicist. He was born in Geneva. He studied at the college in Geneva and at the medical school in Basel. He was a teacher of mathematics in Geneva. His work concerned mechanics and molecular physics. In 1784 he constructed a mechanical theory of gravitation (Le Sage's theory). A corresponding member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1761).