Rugjer Josip Bošković (1711-1787)


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Name (English): Rugjer Josip Bošković
Short name: Ruđer Josip Bošković
Year of birth: 1711
Year of death: 1787
Short Description: "Roger Joseph Boscovich[a] SJ (18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. He studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works.

Boscovich produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. In 1753 he also discovered the absence of atmosphere on the Moon." - (en.wikipedia.org 10.08.2021)
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[Last update: 2021/08/10]