Tribute to Pierre Bertholon (1741-1800), Scholar, Electrician of the Enlightenment

The morning session of this symposium will be dedicated to Pierre Bertholon, who held the chair of experimental physics at the University of Languedoc and was known in his day and throughout France as one of the leading physicists specializing in electricity. The afternoon session will feature several scientific presentations on current research in the field of electrostatics.

The event is organized by the "Alumni ONERA" association and the MIPS pole of the UM, in collaboration with the Academies of Sciences of Paris and Montpellier, under the patronage of the French Commission of UNESCO, and in partnership with the media "Co-Working Channel," the "Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France," the Montpellier seminar "History and Philosophy of Science," and the Université du Tiers-Temps in Montpellier.