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Simon Newcomb
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American astronomer (1835–1909)

Also known as: Саймон Ньюком, سيمون نيوكومب, 사이먼 뉴컴, サイモン・ニューカム, 西蒙·紐康, Ньюком Саймон

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Known works

  • A plain man's talk on the labor question (1886)
  • A critical examination of our financial policy during the Southern Rebellion (1865)
  • Astronomy for everybody (1902)
  • Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science (1906)
  • Researches on the motion of the moon (1912)