Arago, Dominique François Jean (1786-1853)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3434. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Scientist and statesman, born in Estagel, France. Director of the Paris Observatory, where he invited URBAIN LE VERRIER to determine why Uranus was deviating from its predicted orbit, a study which led to the discovery of Neptune. His scientific achievements were mainly in the fields of astronomy, magnetism and optics. He showed that the light changes polarization when passing through quartz and ...

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