Edmond Halley, (1656-1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, following in the footsteps of John Flamsteed. Halley became a close friend of Isaac Newton. He encouraged Newton to publish his discoveries, his "Principia," but when the Royal Society had no money to pay for the publication, Halley paid for and accomplished the publishing himself

Mídia	Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado	20 de março de 2017
ISBN13	9781544806075
Editoras	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Páginas	26
Dimensões	152 × 229 × 2 mm · 54 g
Idioma	English

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