Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
They are the first evidence of the center of the Milky Way, and the firsts experiences that founded the discipline of radio astronomy. 1933 – Edward Milne names and formalizes the cosmological principle. 1933 – Fritz Zwicky shows that the Coma cluster of galaxies contains large amounts of dark matter. This result agrees with modern ...
He was born in Padua, the son of noted astronomer Antonio Abetti.He was educated at the Universities of Padua and of Rome. [1] He began his career at the Collegio Romano observatory in Rome as an assistant astronomer.
First movie with African-American interracial marriage: One Potato, Two Potato, [81] actors Bernie Hamilton and Barbara Barrie, written by Orville H. Hampton, Raphael Hayes, directed by Larry Peerce First African-American man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor : Sidney Poitier ( Lilies of the Field , 1963) (See also: James Baskett , 1948)
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.
This desert, and its abundance of history, becomes the focus of the documentary. Because of how dry it is, the desert hosts the untouched remains of fish, mollusks, Indian carvings, and even mummified humans. Astronomer Gaspar Galaz is introduced and comments on how astronomy is a way to look into the past to understand our origins.
A Brief History of Astronomy – via Internet Archive. Dreyer, J. L. E. (1953) [1906]. History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler (2nd ed.). Dover Publications. Eastwood, Bruce (2002). The Revival of Planetary Astronomy in Carolingian and Post-Carolingian Europe. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Vol. CS 279. Ashgate. ISBN 0-86078-868-7.
One issue was the increased crowding in the cities, and astronomy was becoming more focused on data from space in the late 20th century. The 40-inch (102 cm) reflector was one of the largest telescopes in the world in 1931. The new observatory at Saltsjöbaden More of the Saltsjöbaden site
The idea for this organisation was first publicly proposed by Irish astronomer William H. S. Monck in a letter published in The English Mechanic on 12 July. [3] Playing a significant role in the founding of the Association was English astronomer E. Walter Maunder, with the help of his brother Frid Maunder and William H. Maw.