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Thomas Digges

English mathematician and astronomer (c.1546-1595) · Academics · Died at 49

Thomas Digges was an English mathematician and astronomer. He was the first to expound the Copernican system in English but discarded the notion of a fixed shell of immoveable stars to postulate infinitely many stars at varying distances. He was also first to postulate the "dark night sky paradox".

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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1546 to 1595 · aged 49