Talk:Siméon Denis Poisson

message: Nice page tho a writer has used the verb "procured" twice. It's archaic for this usage in English but I think somebody other than me can make a nicer sentence structure.BillO'Slatter 02:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Thoughts

message: This section has some fascinating information about the historical scientific debate on fundamental physical processes in 19th Century France. However, the tone of the article is a bit cheesy, and oversimplified. It doesn't read like an encyclopedia entry. Especially the repeated use of the phrase "Poisson's hubris." The content is great, but consider making the tone more dispassionate.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaanikdesai (talk • contribs) 22:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Non-objective tone of "Flawed Views" Section

message: The lead paragraph of this article highlights Poisson's mistaken opposition to the wave theory of light: he also was the final leading opponent of the wave theory of light and was proven wrong on that matter by Augustin-Jean Fresnel.
That's not at all what Poisson is notable for, any more than Einstein or von Braun are most notable for their womanizing.
The Poisson name is all over mathematics, physics, and probability and none of it is because of his mistakes about Fresnel.
That may bear mention, of course, as scientists certainly are wrong sometimes.
But it should not be in the lead paragraph --- especially a lead paragraph consisting of only two sentences --- unless it is truly what he is known for.
Son of eugene (talk) 06:47, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poisson's views on the nature of light are not what he's known for, so the lead paragraph is quite misleading 

message: His interactions with Évariste Galois should be written about on this page. See that page for details. Retardednamingpolicy (talk) 22:22, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Nerd271 (talk) 14:14, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add something about Galois 

message: In the section on views of light, the following quote can be found:
"The head of the committee, Dominique-François-Jean Arago, who incidentally later became Prime Minister of France"
Following the wikipedia page for Arago reveals this to be blatantly false. I would edit it myself, but there seems to be a complicated governmental system of Andorra that I don't know anything about.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Auni.ahsan (talk • contribs) 16:56, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed last year. Nerd271 (talk) 14:14, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error regarding Dominique-François-Jean Arago 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure)  Colonestarrice (talk) 23:40, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Siméon Denis Poisson →  – There is no need for using his second name. Cracker-Kun (talk) 17:03, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Mathematics has been notified of this discussion. Favonian (talk) 22:43, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 29 January 2022 

message: Isn't that kind of weird? 85.119.130.112 (talk) 12:49, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  His name means Fish?