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Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich
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Boscovich, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in Dubrovnik Cloister, Croatia Least squares approximation graph
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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
Astronomy and Space Quiz
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
Equations written on blackboard
Numbers and Mathematics
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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Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As Rudjer Josip Bošković
Born May 18, 1711
Died February 13, 1787 (aged 75) • Milan • Italy
Subjects Of Study Equator • orbit • planet

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Boscovich, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in Dubrovnik Cloister, Croatia
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician
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Eudoxus of Cnidus
Greek mathematician and astronomer
Galileo
Galileo
Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician
How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
Ptolemy
Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
British scientist
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Apollonius of Perga
Greek mathematician
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Ibn al-Haytham
Arab astronomer and mathematician
James Gregory.
James Gregory
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
Peter Andreas Hansen, detail from a lithograph by Rudolf Hoffmann, 1856
Peter Andreas Hansen
German astronomer
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Jean-Charles de Borda
French naval officer and physicist
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher
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Giovanni Ceva
Italian mathematician and engineer
Cavalieri, Bonaventura
Bonaventura Cavalieri
Italian mathematician
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Luigi Cremona
Italian mathematician
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Tommaso Ceva
Italian mathematician and poet
Understanding Newton's theory of universal gravitation
Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Euclid
Euclid
Greek mathematician
Six astronomers, after Gerard Hoet (1692)
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer

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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.
All About Astronomy
Equations written on blackboard
Numbers and Mathematics
View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
Astronomy and Space Quiz
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