Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb (12 Maret 1835 – 11 Juli 1909) adalah seorang astronom, matematikawan terapan dan polimatik otodidak Kanada-Amerika Serikat. Ia menjabat sebagai Profesor Matematika di Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat dan Universitas Johns Hopkins.
| Simon Newcomb | |
|---|---|
 Newcomb pada sekitar tahun 1905 | |
| Lahir | 12 Maret 1835 Wallace, Nova Scotia, Kanada |
| Meninggal | 11 Juli 1909 (umur 74) Washington, D.C., Amerika Serikat |
| Kebangsaan | Kanada |
| Kewarganegaraan | Amerika Serikat |
| Almamater | Universitas Harvard (BSc, 1858) |
| Suami/istri | Mary Caroline Hassler
(m. invalid year) |
| Anak | 4, termasuk Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee |
| Penghargaan | Copley Medal (1890) Bruce Medal (1898) |
| Karier ilmiah | |
| Bidang | Astronomi matematikawan |
| Pembimbing akademik | Benjamin Peirce |
| Mahasiswa doktoral | Henry Ludwell Moore |
| Tanda tangan | |
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Lihat pula
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suntingBacaan tambahan
sunting- Brent, J. (1993). Charles Sanders Peirce: A Life. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-31267-1.
- Carter, W.; Carter M. S. (2006). Simon Newcomb, America's Unofficial Astronomer Royal. St. Augustine: Mantanzas Publishing. ISBN 1-59113-803-5.
- Clemence, G. M. (2001) "Newcomb, Simon", Encyclopædia Britannica, Deluxe CDROM edition
- Fisher, Irving (1909). "Obituary. Simon Newcomb" Economic Journal, 19, pp. 641–44.
- Friedman, Milton (1987) "Newcomb, Simon," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 3, 651–52.
- Marsden, B. (1981) "Newcomb, Simon" in Gillespie, C.C., ed. (1981). Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 10. New York: Charles Screibner's Sons. hlm. 33–36. ISBN 0-684-16970-3.
- Simon Newcomb Biography Diarsipkan 2014-02-03 di Wayback Machine.
- Ebeling, Richard M., "Simon Newcomb and the Let-Alone Principle," American Institute for Economic Research, July 18, 2019
Pranala luar
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Simon Newcomb.
Wikiquote memiliki koleksi kutipan yang berkaitan dengan: Simon Newcomb.
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Obituary from The Times
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson. Simon Newcomb di MacTutor archive.
- 1898 Bruce Medalist
- Karya Simon Newcomb di Project Gutenberg
- Karya oleh/tentang Simon Newcomb di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
- Simon Newcomb, links to Newcomb's economic writings at Archive for the History of Economic Thought
- Historic Site & Memorial at Wallace Bridge, Nova Scotia (1935)
- Simon Newcomb — Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
