Background
Gy, Pierre Maurice was born on July 25, 1924 in Paris. Son of Felix and Clemence (Gourdain) Gy.
(Dr Gy, a pioneer in every sense of the word, has spent 50...)
Dr Gy, a pioneer in every sense of the word, has spent 50 years studying the best way to take a truly representative sample. His greatest achievement perhaps has been to introduce science into the black art of sampling. The now famous and widely used formula bearing his name means that sampling is no longer a lottery but an essential analytical tool. This very readable and practical book, written by Pierre Gy himself, is the first simple guide to Pierre Gy s method to be translated into English. Although Dr Gy s formula was originally developed for the sampling of solid material in mines, etc., the theoretical arguments are equally valid for the sampling of liquids and multi--phase media. This book is as interesting as a historical perspective as it is useful for the practising modern day analyst.
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Sampling consultant and expert
Gy, Pierre Maurice was born on July 25, 1924 in Paris. Son of Felix and Clemence (Gourdain) Gy.
Born in Paris, France, to Felix and Clemence, Gy graduated in chemical engineering from Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris ParisTech in 1946.
On graduation, Gy worked as a chemical engineer for the Compagnie Minière du Congo Français, Congo, before returning to Paris in 1949 as a research engineer for the mining and processing trade organisation Minerais et Metaux. lieutenant was during this time that Gy began to address fundamental issues in sampling, especially those concerned with characterising industrial bulk chemicals, aggregates and chemical processes. Gy became head of the mineral processing laboratories and, by 1962, technical manager, during which time he continued to develop his sampling theory.
Since 1963 he has worked as an industrial sampling consultant.
Gy received doctorates in physics (1960) and mathematics (1975) from the University of Nancy but has always worked outside the academic mainstream, publishing 9 books and over 175 papers, including:
(1979) SAMPLING OF PARTICULATE MATERIALS. Theory and practice
(1992) Sampling of Heterogeneous and Dynamic Material Systems: Theories of Heterogeneity, Sampling and Homogenizing
(1998) Sampling for Analytical Purposes
In August 2003, the First World Conference on Sampling and Blending (WCSB1) was held in honour of Doctor Pierre Gy in Esbjerg.
WCSB2 was held in Queensland, Australia (May 2005) and WCSB3 in Porto Alegre, Brazil (October 2007). WCSB4 took place in 2009, WCSB5 in Santiago, Chile and WCSB6 in Lima, Peru. Pierre Gy"s work was still the subject of debate and recognition at WCSB7 in Bordeaux, July 2015.
He will remain one of the funding fathers of sampling science.
(Dr Gy, a pioneer in every sense of the word, has spent 50...)
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Mining Engineers (honorary), Canada Institute Mining and Metallurgy, New York Academy of Sciences, Canada Institute Mining and Metallurgy.
Married Sylvia Duchesne, 1946. Children: Genevieve, Anne, Caroline.