Buffon

The term Buffon can refer, in this encyclopedia:

In math and science

• a Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffonaristocratmatomatic, biologist and French cosmologist;
  • to the Buffon needlea classic problem of geometric probability, related to the number pi (π) and enunciated by the mentioned physicist;

In sports

• a Gianluigi BuffonItalian doorman;

On geography

• a Buffon (Côte-d'Or);

In cosmology

• a Buffon, a lunar crater, named in memory of the mentioned physicist.