John Goodricke
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
2008 universal fire victimacademy award winneramericanamerican composercinematic classicalclassical
Discography
- The John Towner Touch1957
- World on a String1957
- Rhythm in Motion1961
- How to Steal a Million1966
- Williams: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble / Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture / Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture1970
- Music for Cello and Piano1974
- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Score1975
- Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star Wars1978
- Pops in Space1980
- Pops on the March1980
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- 1
- Total plays
- 10
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,204x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,537x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,306x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,195x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,822x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1764-09-17 ) 17 September 1764, Groningen
- Died
- 20 April 1786 (1786-04-20) (aged 21)
- Known for
- Studies of variable stars
- Awards
- Copley Medal (1783)
- Fields
- Astronomy
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- 1764-09-17
- date of death
- 1786-04-20
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Article
John Goodricke FRS (17 September 1764 – 20 April 1786) was an English amateur astronomer. He is best known for his observations of the variable star Algol (Beta Persei) in 1782.
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