Mathematician:Anders Celsius
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Mathematician
Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician whose best known contribution to science was his $1742$ proposal of what is now known as the Celsius temperature scale.
Nationality
Swedish
History
- Born: 27 November 1701 in Uppsala, Sweden
- Died: 25 April 1744 in Uppsala, Sweden
Theorems and Definitions
Definitions of concepts named for Anders Celsius can be found here.
Publications
- 1730: Nova Methodus distantiam solis a terra determinandi (New Method for Determining the Distance from the Earth to the Sun)
- 1738: De observationibus pro figura telluris determinanda (Observations on Determining the Shape of the Earth)
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Celsius degree
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Celsius degree