Simon Newcomb (1835–1909)
Auteur de Astronomy for Everybody
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Œuvres de Simon Newcomb
A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy With Its Applications to the Determination and Reduction of Positions of the Fixed… (1906) 11 exemplaires
The Stars 3 exemplaires
De sterren, Een studie over het heelal 2 exemplaires
Astronomical Papers Prepared For The Use Of The American Ephemeris And Nautical Almanac (2018) 2 exemplaires
Investigation of Inequalities in the Motion of the Moon Produced by the Action of the Planets 1 exemplaire
Astronomy for Schools and Colledges 1 exemplaire
On The Position Of The Galactic And Other Principal Planes Toward Which The Stars Tend To Crowd (1904) (2010) 1 exemplaire
Astronomy for high schools and colleges by Simon Newcomb ... and Edward S. Holden (1885) 1 exemplaire
Researches on the motion of the moon, made at the United States Naval Observatory, Washington. reduction and discussion… (1878) 1 exemplaire
Logarithmic and Other Mathematical Tables with Examples of Their Use and Hints on the Art of Computation 1 exemplaire
Researches on the motion of the moon. the mean motion of the moon and other astronomical elements derived from… (1912) 1 exemplaire
Tähtimaailma yleistajuinen tähtitiede 1 exemplaire
Tähtitiede 1 exemplaire
Logarithmic and Other Mathematical Tables: With Examples of Their Use and Hints on the Art of Computation 1 exemplaire
Tables of the four Inner Planets 1 exemplaire
Astonomy For Everybody 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Newcomb, Simon
- Date de naissance
- 1835-03-12
- Date de décès
- 1909-07-11
- Lieu de sépulture
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Canada (birth)
USA (citizenship) - Lieu de naissance
- Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Lieu du décès
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Études
- Harvard University
- Professions
- astronomer
mathematician
novelist - Relations
- Whitney, Hassler (grandson)
Whitney, William Dwight (son-in-law) - Organisations
- Nautical Almanac Office
United States Naval Observatory
Johns Hopkins University
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Society (tout afficher 8)
American Mathematical Society
American Astronomical Society - Prix et distinctions
- Bruce Medal (1898)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1874)
Huygens Medal (1878)
Copley Medal (1890)
Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur (1893)
Asteroid namesake "855 Newcombia" (tout afficher 7)
Crater on Moon named in his honor
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 37
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 139
- Popularité
- #147,351
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 43
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