Great Astronomers: William Rowan Hamilton Robert Stawell Ball

by Robert Stawell Ball

Book Overview

Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) was an Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who made important contributions to mechanics, optics, and algebra. As a teenager, he mastered parts of Newton's Principia and studied Laplace's celestial mechanics treatise. When barely 22, Hamilton became a professor of astronomy at University of Dublin, however he was more interested in theoretical rather than practical astronomy. His studies of mechanical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1545081239
• ISBN13: 9781545081235
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"