Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich

1711 - 1787

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Ruggero Boscovich's main work was in mathematical physics. He was the first to give a procedure to compute a planet's orbit from three observations of its position.
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Honours awarded to Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich
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Fellow of the Royal Society1761
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