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Nicolas-Louis De La Caille: astronomer and geodesist
La Caille was one of the observational astronomers and geodesists who followed Newton in developing ideas about celestial mechanics and the shape of the earth. He provided data to the great 18th-century mathematicians involved in understanding the complex gravitational effects that the heavenly bodi...
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Oxford University Press
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199668403.001.0001 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1540149 |