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Nicole-Reine de la Briere Lepaute (1723–1788)

Authors :
Daniel R. Altschuler
Fernando J. Ballesteros
Source :
The Women of the Moon
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, 2019.

Abstract

This chapter talks about Nicole Lepaute, an eighteenth-century French computer that accurately calculated the passage of Halley’s Comet.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Women of the Moon
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........f03d515791fcd4787282a72ceb26abee
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198844419.003.0007