Charles-Augustin de Coulomb



Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (June 14, 1736 – August 23, 1806) was a French physicist. He is best known for developing Coulomb's law, the definition of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion. The unit of charge, the coulomb, was named after him.

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 * On graduating from the school, a studious young man who would withstand the tedium and monotony of his duties has no choice but to lose himself in some branch of science or literature completely irrelevant to his assignment.
 * as quoted by had a degree in physiology, from Cambridge University