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Newcomb, Simon
Born: 1835 AD
Died: 1909 AD, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Astronomers, Mathematicians
Died: 1909 AD, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Astronomers, Mathematicians
US (Canadian-born) astronomer
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A Scientist's Voice in American Culture: Simon Newcomb and the Rhetoric of Scientific Method by Albert E. Moyer (Hardcover - Sep 23, 1992) In late nineteenth-century America, Simon Newcomb was the nation's most celebrated scientist and--irascibly, doggedly, tirelessly--he made the most of it. Officially a mathematical astronomer heading... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Latitude: How American Astronomers Solved the Mystery of Variation by Bill Carter and Merri Sue Carter (Hardcover - Oct 26, 2002) For more than a century European astronomers grappled with the mystery surrounding a suspected variation in latitude that affected their careful observations. Where the best minds in Europe had...  |
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Harvard Classics, Vol. 30: Scientific Papers by Michael Faraday and Hermann von Helmholtz and Lord Kelvin and Simon Newcomb and Sir Archibald Geikie (Kindle Edition - Sep 28, 2007) The treatises in this volume delivered by the fathers of their respective fields offer a glimpse into a time when the frontier of a science could be revolutionized by one person. The 134... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Reminiscences Of An Astronomer (1903) by Simon Newcomb (Paperback - Oct 17, 2007) Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The reminiscences of an astronomer,: By Simon Newcomb by Simon Newcomb (Unknown Binding - Jul 26, 2008) |
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Sidelights On Astronomy And Kindred Fields Of Popular Science (1906) by Simon Newcomb (Paperback - Oct 22, 2007) Usually ships in 24 hours |
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