Simon Newcomb

Simon Newcomb
Newcomb pada sekitar tahun 1905
Lahir	(1835-03-12)12 Maret 1835 Wallace, Nova Scotia, Kanada
Meninggal	11 Juli 1909(1909-07-11) (umur 74) Washington, D.C., Amerika Serikat
Kewarganegaraan	Amerika Serikat
Almamater	Universitas Harvard (BSc, 1858)
Pasangan menikah	Mary Caroline Hassler ​ ​ (m. invalid year)​
Anak	4, termasuk Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee
Karier ilmiah
Bidang	Astronomi matematikawan
Pembimbing akademik	Benjamin Peirce
Mahasiswa doktoral	Henry Ludwell Moore
Tanda tangan

Simon Newcomb (12 Maret 1835 – 11 Juli 1909) adalah seorang astronom, matematikawan terapan dan polimatik otodidak Kanada-Amerika Serikat. Ia menjabat sebagai Profesor Matematika di Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat dan Universitas Johns Hopkins.

Lihat pula

• William Newcomb

Bacaan tambahan

• Brent, J. (1993). Charles Sanders Peirce: A Life. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-31267-1.
• Carter, W. & Carter M. S. (2006). Simon Newcomb, America's Unofficial Astronomer Royal. St. Augustine: Mantanzas Publishing. ISBN 1-59113-803-5.
• Clemence, G. M. (2001) "Newcomb, Simon", Encyclopædia Britannica, Deluxe CDROM edition
• Fisher, Irving (1909). "Obituary. Simon Newcomb" Economic Journal, 19, pp. 641–44.
• Friedman, Milton (1987) "Newcomb, Simon," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 3, 651–52.
• Marsden, B. (1981) "Newcomb, Simon" in Gillespie, C.C., ed. (1981). Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 10. New York: Charles Screibner's Sons. hlm. 33–36. ISBN 0-684-16970-3.
• Simon Newcomb Biography Diarsipkan 2014-02-03 di Wayback Machine.
• Ebeling, Richard M., "Simon Newcomb and the Let-Alone Principle," American Institute for Economic Research, July 18, 2019

Pranala luar

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Obituary from The Times
• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson. Simon Newcomb di MacTutor archive.
• 1898 Bruce Medalist
• Karya Simon Newcomb di Project Gutenberg
• Karya oleh/tentang Simon Newcomb di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
• Simon Newcomb, links to Newcomb's economic writings at Archive for the History of Economic Thought
• Historic Site & Memorial at Wallace Bridge, Nova Scotia (1935)
• Simon Newcomb — Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences