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Fourier

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Fou·rier  (fr-, f-ry), (François Marie) Charles 1772-1837.
French social theorist who believed that universal harmony could be achieved by reorganizing society into self-sustaining units called "phalanxes," groups of 1,500 people who would share labor, wealth, and housing.
Fourier, Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph 1768-1830.
French mathematician and physicist who formulated a method for analyzing periodic functions and studied the conduction of heat.
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Noun1.FourierFourier - French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
2.FourierFourier - French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
Charles Fourier, Francois Marie Charles Fourier


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Though neither by temperament nor conviction a revolutionist, Dostoevsky was one of a little group of young men who met together to read Fourier and Proudhon.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
The Socialist and Communist systems properly so called, those of Saint-Simon, Fourier, Owen and others, spring into existence in the early undeveloped period, described above, of the struggle between proletariat and bourgeoisie (see Section 1.
The Communist Manifesto by Marx, Karl & Engles, Frederick View in context
"Formerly," replied Barbicane, "it was greatly exagerated; but now, after the calculations of Fourier, of the French Academy of Science, it is not supposed to exceed 60@ Centigrade below zero.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
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