What is French Academy of Sciences?
[[File:Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667.PNG|thumb|right|266px|Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667]] The '''French Academy of Sciences''' (''French'': '''Académie des sciences''') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. Its aim was to encourage and protect the spirit of [[French people|French]] [[Scientific method|scientific research]]. It was involved with many of the important scientific developments in [[Europe]] in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is one of the earliest academies of sciences. [[File:Institut France.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Institut de France]] in [[Paris]] where the academy is housed]] == People of the Academy == Here are some incomplete lists of the officers of the academy. ===Presidents=== * 1801–1814 [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] * 1952–1962 [[Albert Caquot]] * Currently [[Jean Salençon]] ===Treasurers=== * -1788 [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]] * 1788–1791 [[Mathieu Tillet]] ===Permanent secretaries=== * December 1666 – April 1668 [[Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel]] * April 1668 – December 1669 [[Jean Gallois]] * January 1670 – January 1697 [[Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel]] * January 1697 – December 1740 [[Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle]] (nominated by the king in January 1699) * January 1741 – August 1743 [[Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan]] * September 1743 – July 1776 [[Jean-Paul Grandjean de Fouchy]] * August 1777 – August 1793 [[Marquis de Condorcet|Nicolas Caritat, marquis de Condorcet]] ===Mathematical Sciences and then Mathematical Sciences and Physics === <!-- At some point it is actually mathematical and physical science--> * 1801–1822 [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] * 1822–1830 [[Joseph Fourier]] * 1830–1853 [[François Arago]] * 1853–1874 [[Léonce Élie de Beaumont]] * 1874–1900 [[Joseph Bertrand]] * 1900–1917 [[Gaston Darboux]] * 1917–1942 [[Émile Picard]] * 1942–1975 [[Louis de Broglie]] * 1975–1996 Paul Germain * Currently: [[Jean Dercourt]] ===Physi