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Simon Newcomb: America's Unofficial Astronomer Royal
Author(s) -
Graham John
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2007eo430011
Subject(s) - astronomer , einstein , art history , classics , philosophy , art , physics , mathematical physics
This book introduced me to a commanding figure in American science from the late nineteenth century: Simon Newcomb. Newcomb has been called the nineteenth‐century equivalent of Carl Sagan and Albert Einstein. He rose from humble beginnings to be the preeminent American astronomer of his generation. He made basic, far‐reaching, and enduring contributions to positional astronomy and planetary dynamics.

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