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* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | |||
* [[Crimes against physical constants]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Mathematician]] | |||
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* [[Brewster's angle (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]] | * [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:54, 24 March 2018
Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA(Scot) FSSA MICE (11 December 1781 – 10 February 1868) was a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer, historian of science and university principal.
Most noted for his contributions to the field of optics, he studied the double refraction by compression and discovered the photoelastic effect, which gave birth to the field of optical mineralogy. For his work, William Whewell dubbed him the "Father of modern experimental optics" and "the Johannes Kepler of Optics."
He is well-recognized for being the inventor of the kaleidoscope and an improved version of the stereoscope applied to photography. He called it the "lenticular stereoscope", which was the first portable, 3D viewing device.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
- Brewster's angle
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Crimes against physical constants
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Mathematician
- Mathematics
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- David Brewster @ Wikipedia