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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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Technical insides of a desktop computer
5 Components of Information Systems
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Arrangement of the phases of the moon in total eclipse with Blood Moon
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
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Born September 1, 1902 • Rotterdam • Netherlands
Died January 31, 1966 (aged 63) • New Haven • Connecticut
Subjects Of Study Ephemeris Time • celestial mechanics • computer
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Sir Harold Jeffreys
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Sir Harold Spencer Jones.
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Félix Tisserand
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Fred L. Whipple
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John von Neumann
John von Neumann
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Edwin Hubble
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Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
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Vera Rubin
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Simon Newcomb, c. 1905.
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George Ellery Hale
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Jane Luu
Jane Luu
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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