Jean Picard

Picard by [[Henri Testelin]], c. 1680 Jean Picard (21 July 1620 – 12 July 1682) was a French astronomer, priest and pioneer in geodesy, born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Jesuit Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand.

He is best known for accurately measuring the size of the Earth, through a survey of one degree of latitude along the Paris Meridian. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Fluctuation Theory for LΓ©vy Processes Ecole d'EtΓ© de ProbabilitΓ©s de Saint-Flour XXXV - 2005
    by Doney, Ronald A.
    Published 2007
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    Combinatorial Stochastic Processes Ecole d’Eté de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XXXII – 2002
    by Pitman, Jim
    Published 2006
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    The Wulff Crystal in Ising and Percolation Models Ecole d'EtΓ© de ProbabilitΓ©s de Saint-Flour XXXIV - 2004
    by Cerf, RaphaΓ«l
    Published 2006
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    The Lace Expansion and its Applications Ecole d'EtΓ© de ProbabilitΓ©s de Saint-Flour XXXIV - 2004
    by Slade, Gordon
    Published 2006
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