Great Astronomers: William Rowan Hamilton Robert Stawell Ball
William Rowan Hamilton Robert Stawell Ball
Robert Stawell Ball
ISBN: | 9781545081235 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
Published: | 1 April, 2017 |
Format: | Booklet |
Language: | English |
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Great Astronomers: William Rowan Hamilton Robert Stawell Ball
William Rowan Hamilton Robert Stawell Ball
Robert Stawell Ball
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 mastered parts of Newton's Principia and studied Laplace's celestial mechanics treatise. When barely 22, Hamilton became a professor of astronomy at University of Dublin, however he was more interested in theoretical rather than practical astronomy. His studies of mechanical and optical systems led him to discover new m
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