In which area did this French engineer and physicist, whose name became synonymous to one of a series of concentric prolate ellipsoidal regions of space between and around a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna system, contribute significantly?
Fresnel zone A Fresnel zone ( ), named for physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, is one of a series of concentric prolate ellipsoidal regions of space between and around a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna system. The concept is used to understand and compute the strength of waves (such as sound or radio waves) propagating between a transmitter and a receiver.
Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal ( ; ] ; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalising the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote in defence of the scientific method.