Ruder Josip Boškovic

Ruder Josip Boškovic (18 mai 1711, Raguse - 13 février 1787, Milan), est un jésuite dalmate qui était mathématicien, physicien, astronome, poète et philosophe. Il était citoyen de République de Raguse (aujourd'hui Dubrovnik, Croatie). Astronome, fondateur de l'atomisme moderne, natif de Dubrovnik, croate de naissance, français d'adoption, il a travaillé à Paris de 1775 à 1777. Ruder Josip Boškovic (18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit, and a polymath from the city of Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa (today Croatia), who studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works. He is famous for his atomic theory and made many important contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. In 1753 he also discovered the absence of atmosphere on the Moon.

Plaque: 2, rue de Seine Dans cette maison a vécu et travaillé de 1775 à 1777 Roger Joseph Boscovich philosophe, mathématicien et astronome fondateur de l'atomisme moderne natif de Dubrovnik croate de naissance, français d'adoption U ovoj je kuci zivio i radio od 1775 do 1777 Rugjer Josip Boscovic In this house Roger Joseph Boscovich lived and worked 1775 – 1777 philosopher, mathamatician and astronomer creator of the modern atom theory born in Dubrovnik Croatian by birth, French by choice U ovoj je kuci zivio i radio od 1775 do 1777 Rugjer Josip Boscovic

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