Edouard Sarasin

His studies included those on the properties of waves, resonance, radiowaves, radiation and geophysics.

Sarasin came from a family of French descent who had settled in Geneva in the early sixteenth century.

Sarasin was later also mayor of the town of Le Grand-Saconnex (1871-1916), member of the parliament of Geneva (Grand Conseil genevois), President of the Societe Helvetique and editor of the Archives des Sciences physiques et naturelles.

Sarasin's experimental work developed on the ideas of Maxwell and Hertz on resonance and radiowave reception.

Sarasin was also interested in geophysics and conducted studies at Lake Leman on light penetration through water.