Which French physicist is best known for using a heavy pendulum at the Panthéon in Paris to provide a simple, direct proof of the Earth's rotation?
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Léon Foucault
Foucault's pendulum experiment in 1851 was a sensation; it allowed viewers to see the Earth turning beneath the swinging weight.
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