astronomer

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A museum has been given a grant to fund a project about a Bradford-born astronomer who was influenced by the work of medieval Islamic scientists.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The calculation was created in the 1800s by a Belgian astronomer, and then a doctor in the U.S. renamed it the body mass index in the 1970s.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

The author documents Tennyson’s reaction to books by the geologist Charles Lyell, the computer pioneer Charles Babbage and the astronomer John Herschel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The astronomer also said the star identified was slightly smaller than one scientists would "nominally expect to turn into a black hole."

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

When I heard the learn’d astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room / How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos