Ruđer Josip Bošković
Also known as Rudjer J. Boškovic, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Rugjer Josip Bošković
Croat physicist (1711–1787)
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Ruđer Josip Bošković was an 18th-century Croatian physicist who made important contributions to science during a period of significant scientific advancement. His work helped bridge classical and modern physics, making him a notable figure in the history of European scientific thought.
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- Born
- 1711
- Died
- 1787
- Works
- 88
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- Philosophiae naturalis theoria
- Miscellanea mathematica
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- Les éclipses, poëme en six chants ...
- Lettere per una storia della scienza
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5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
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- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
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- Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
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Roger Joseph Boscovich SJ (18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. He studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works.
Boscovich produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. In 1753 he also discovered the absence of an atmosphere on the Moon.
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