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Virginia Louise Trimble (born November 15, 1943) is an American astronomer specializing in the structure and evolution of stars and galaxies, and the history of astronomy. [2] She has published more than 600 works in Astrophysics, [ 3 ] and dozens of other works in the history of other sciences.
Sir Arthur Eddington publishes The Expanding Universe: Astronomy's 'Great Debate', 1900–1931 in Cambridge. Comedian Will Hay observes the periodic Great White Spot on Saturn from his private observatory in London. [1] Fritz Zwicky postulates the existence of dark matter. [2]
By historical astronomy we include the history of astronomy; what has come to be known as archaeoastronomy; and the application of historical records to modern astrophysical problems." Historical and ancient observations are used to track theoretically long term trends, such as eclipse patterns and the velocity of nebular clouds.
The Place of Astronomy in the Ancient World: A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society and the British Academy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-725944-8. Hoskin, Michael (2003). The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280306-9. Magli, Giulio (2004).
The 6th Academy Awards were held on March 16, 1934, at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.They were hosted by Will Rogers and Rogers also presented all of the awards. This was the last time that the Oscars' eligibility period was spread over two different calendar years, creating the longest time frame for which films could be nominated: the seventeen months from August 1, 1932, to December ...
John Lewis Heilbron (March 17, 1934 – November 5, 2023) was an American historian of science best known for his work in the history of physics and the history of astronomy. He was Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus (Vice-Chancellor 1990–1994) at the University of California, Berkeley, senior research fellow at Worcester ...
Owen Jay Gingerich (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ ŋ ɡ ə r ɪ tʃ /; March 24, 1930 – May 28, 2023) was an American astronomer who had been professor emeritus of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Zinner was born in Goldberg, Silesia. After school at Johanneum Gymnasium in Liegnitz he studied astronomy and mathematics at Munich and Jena and obtained his PhD in 1907 at the University of Jena, followed by stays at the University of Lund working with C. V. L. Charlier, the University of Paris with J. H. Poincaré, and the Königstuhl Observatory in Heidelberg under W. Valentiner.