Fred Hoyle

Fred Hoyle : biography 24 June 1915 - 20 August 2001 Sir Fred Hoyle FRS (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was an...

Fred Hoyle

Fred Hoyle : biography 24 June 1915 - 20 August 2001 The evidence that resulted in the Big Bang's victory over the steady state model,...

Fred Hoyle

Fred Hoyle : biography 24 June 1915 - 20 August 2001 Media appearances Hoyle appeared in a series of radio talks on astronomy for the...

Friedrich Bessel

Friedrich Bessel : biography 22 July 1784 - 17 March 1846 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (22 July 1784 – 17 March 1846) was a...

Hipparchus

Hipparchus : biography 190 BC - Hipparchus of Nicaea, or more correctly Hipparchos ( c. 190 BC – c. 120 BC), was...

Hipparchus

Hipparchus : biography 190 BC - Hipparchus could construct his chord table using the Pythagorean theorem and a theorem known to Archimedes. He also...

Hipparchus

Hipparchus : biography 190 BC - Hipparchus probably compiled a list of Babylonian astronomical observations; G. J. Toomer, an historian of astronomy, has suggested...

Hipparchus

Hipparchus : biography 190 BC - Modern speculation Hipparchus was in the international news in 2005, when it was again proposed (as in 1898)...

Hipparchus

Hipparchus : biography 190 BC - Astronomical instruments and astrometry Hipparchus and his predecessors used various instruments for astronomical calculations and observations,...

Hipparchus

Hipparchus : biography 190 BC - Geography Hipparchus’ treatise “Against the Geography of Eratosthenes” in three books is not preserved.Editions of fragments: Berger H....