Wilson, Alexander (1714-86)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4094. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Born in St Andrews, Scotland, became professor at Glasgow, observed sunspots and showed that they were depressions in the Sun (following LA HIRE and CASSINI). Published Thoughts on General Gravitation (1770), answering NEWTON's question `What hinders the fixed stars from falling upon one another?' with the speculative answer that the entire universe rotates about a center....

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