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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Roger Joseph Boscovich&#039;&#039;&#039; (Croatian: Ruđer Josip Bošković, pronounced [rûd͡ʑer jǒsip bôʃkoʋit͡ɕ], Italian: Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; see also names in other...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Roger Joseph Boscovich''' (Croatian: Ruđer Josip Bošković, pronounced [rûd͡ʑer jǒsip bôʃkoʋit͡ɕ], Italian: Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; see also names in other languages; 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a Ragusan [[physicist]], [[astronomer]], [[mathematician]], [[philosopher]], [[diplomat]], [[poet]], [[theologian]], [[Jesuit priest]], and [[polymath]].<br /> <br /> == Biography ==<br /> <br /> Boscovich was a native of Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Croatia), who studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works.<br /> <br /> He produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to [[astronomy]], including the first geometric procedure for:<br /> <br /> * Determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature <br /> * Computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position<br /> <br /> In 1753 he also discovered the absence of atmosphere on the Moon.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Joseph_Boscovich Roger Joseph Boscovich] @ Wikipedia<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Astronomers]]<br /> [[Category:Diplomats]]<br /> [[Category:Mathematicians]]<br /> [[Category:Philosophers]]<br /> [[Category:Physicists]]<br /> [[Category:Poets]]<br /> [[Category:Polymaths]]<br /> [[Category:Priests]]<br /> [[Category:Theologians]]</div>

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