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1693–1762, English astronomer. His discovery of the aberration of light, announced in 1728, provided an important line of evidence for the motion of...
(s ´n , b r´y ström) (KEY) , 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist, grad. Karolinska Institute (Ph.D., M.D., 1944). With his former pupil B. I. Samuelsso...
(zhäN s lv N´ bäy ´) (KEY) , 1736–93, French astronomer and politician. His works on astronomy and on the history of science (notably the Essai ...
(väl´t r bä´d ) (KEY) , 1893–1960, German-born American astronomer. From 1919 to 1931 he was on the staff of the Hamburg observatory; from 1931 ...
(brä´´m g p´t ) (KEY) , c.598–c.660, Indian mathematician and astronomer. He wrote in verse the Brahma-sphuta-siddhanta [improved system of Brah...
(y ´hän ´l rt b ´d ) (KEY) , 1747–1826, German astronomer. From 1772 to 1825 he was astronomer of the Academy of Science, Berlin, and from 1786...