Great Astronomers: Edmond Halley

by Scott Parker (Compiler), Sir Robert Stawell Ball

Overview

Edmond Halley,(1656�1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, following in the footsteps of John Flamsteed.

Halley became a close friend of Isaac Newton. He encouraged Newton to publish his discoveries, his "Principia," but when the Royal Society had no money to pay for the publication, Halley paid for and accomplished the publishing himself.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149427529
Publisher:	Scott Parker
Publication date:	03/30/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB