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William Spottiswoode

brittisk fysiker och matematiker

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Born: 1825
Died: 1883
Works: 10

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Spottiswoode collection of physical apparatus
Polarisation of light
Polarisation of light
Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science delivered at Dublin, 14th August 1878
Meditationes analyticae

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Dundee
Active from: 1995-06-14

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William Spottiswoode, född den 11 januari 1825 i London, död där den 27 juni 1883, var en engelsk matematiker och fysiker. Spottiswoode war president i London Mathematical Society 1870–1872 och president i Royal Society från 1878.

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1825 births 1883 deaths 19th-century British physicists 19th-century English mathematicians Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford British fellows of the Royal Society Burials at Westminster Abbey English physicists People educated at Eton College People educated at Harrow School Presidents of the Royal Society Spottiswoode family

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VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,673x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,968x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,036x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,753x
Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,541x

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date of birth: 1825-01-01
date of death: 1883-01-01
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