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Great Astronomers: Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian who has been considered by many to be the greatest …
Great Astronomers: Tycho Brahe
This is the chapter on 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe from Sir Robert S. Ball's Great Astronomers, second edition, which begins: "e;The most picturesque figure in …
Great Astronomers: William Rowan Hamilton
Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) was an Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who made important contributions to mechanics, optics, and algebra. As a teenager, he …
Great Astronomers: Johannes Kepler
German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) derived his mathematical laws of planetary motion from astronomical data meticulously collected by Tycho Brahe, who, as he was dying, …
Great Astronomers: Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827), was a French mathematician and astronomer, sometimes referred to as the French Newton. His work was pivotal to the mathematical …
Great Astronomers: Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley,(1656-1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's …
Great Astronomers: Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include …
Great Astronomers: James Bradley
James Bradley (1693-1762) was the English astronomer who served as Astronomer Royal from 1742, succeeding Edmund Halley. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in …
Great Astronomers: William Parsons (3rd Earl of Rosse)
William Parsons, the 3rd Earl of Rosse, (1800-1867) was an Anglo-Irish astronomer who made several large telescopes. His 72-inch telescope, the "e;Leviathan"e;, built in …
Great Astronomers: Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a comprehensive heliocentric model which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center of …
Great Astronomers: John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed (1646-1719) was an English astronomer, a contemporary of Isaac Newton, and the first Astronomer Royal in charge of the newly built observatory at Greenwich, England …
Great Astronomers: William Herschel
Sir Frederick William Herschel, (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel) (1738-1822) was a German-born British astronomer, telescope maker, and composer. He became famous for the first …