Emanoil Bacaloglu
Emanoil Bacaloglu was a Wallachian and Romanian mathematician, physicist and chemist.
Born in Bucharest and of Greek origin, he studied physics and mathematics in Paris and Leipzig, later becoming a professor at the University of Bucharest and, in 1879, a member of the Romanian Academy. Considered to be the founder of many scientific and technological fields in Romania, Bacaloglu was also an accomplished scientist. He helped create Romanian-language terminology in his fields and was one of the principal founders of the Society of Physical Sciences in 1890.
He was also a participant in the 1848 Wallachian revolution.
He is known for the "Bacaloglu pseudosphere". This is a surface of revolution for which the "Bacaloglu curvature" is constant.Main works
- Elemente de fizică, 2nd ed., Bucureşti,.
- Elemente de algebră, 2nd ed., Bucureşti,.
