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John Adams, Discovered Neptune - 1845
John Adams was an English mathematician and astronomer who predicted the existence of Neptune. While a student at Cambridge he wrote this note (found only after his death) dated Jul. 3, 1841:
Formed a design at the beginning of this week of invest... |
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Albert Einstein, Relativity Theory - 1905
Einstein's contributions to physics began in 1905 with three major results: the explanation of Brownian motion in terms of molecules; the explanation of the photoelectric effect in terms of the quantum; and the special theory of relativity that links... |
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Friedmann, Expanding Universe Solution
Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman or Friedmann was a Russian and Soviet cosmologist and mathematician. He discovered the expanding-universe solution to the general relativity field equations in 1922, which was corroborated by Edwin Hubble's observatio... |
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Edwin Hubble, Big Bang Theory
Hubble had also devised a classification system for the various galaxies he observed, sorting them by content, distance, shape, and brightness; it was then he noticed redshifts in the emission of light from the galaxies, seeing saw that they were... |
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Lemaître, Proposed Big Bang Theory
Georges Lemaître was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, honorary prelate, professor of physics and astronomer at the Catholic University of Leuven. He sometimes used the title Abbé or Monseigneur. Lemaître proposed what became known as the Big Bang the... |
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Gerard Kuiper, Astronomer
Kuiper is considered to be the father of modern planetary science for his wide ranging studies of the solar system. Although he contributed to astrophysics, established the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, and discovered Saturn's moon Miranda and N... |
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Brian Greene, Physicist
Brian Greene, author of the bestselling book about string theory, The Elegant Universe, was educated at Harvard and Oxford, graduating in 1987. After spending time at Harvard and Cornell, he is currently a Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Colu... |
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The Encyclopedia of Space
The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight : An Alphabetical Guide to the Living Universe. Maintained by astronomer/author David Darling and is part of The Worlds of David Darling website Some of the content is based on his books, i... |
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