NZ people
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Wurde aktualisiert: 20 Nov 2019
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Leslie Comrie is bornLeslie Comrie worked on commercial calculators, described the use of punch cards to store dataLeslie Comrie published works on predicting eclipsesLeslie Comrie published works on "the green flash"Leslie Comrie diesA moon crater and an asteroid are named after named after Leslie ComrieCharles Gifford is bornCharles Gifford helps create the Gifford observatoryCharles Gifford proves the moon craters are meteorite impacts (previously thought to be cause by volcanic activity)Charles Gifford DiesRoy Kerr is bornRoy Kerr discovers an exact solution to Einstein's field equations of general relativityErnest Rutherford is bornErnest Rutherford is the first person to split an atomErnest Rutherford diesBeatrice Tinsley is bornBeatrice Tinsley researched how populations of stars ageBeatrice Tinsley does research on whether the universe is open or closed and her models provide the first approximations on what protogalaxies would look likeBeatrice Tinsley diesBill Pickering is bornBill Pickering joins NASA and launches Explorer 1, the first american (and many more after that)Bill Pickering diesJohn Grigg is bornJohn Grigg sees the Venus Transit and gets interested in astronomyJohn Grigg sees the Venus Transit and gets interested in astronomy (copy)
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