Scientific Technical Review (Jan 2023)
On life and scientific activity of Ruđer Bošković
Abstract
The paper presents the new insights to origin and family of our great scientist, philosopher, artist and diplomat Ruđer Bošković (1711-1787). His rich career is related to his hometown Dubrovnik, where he was born in 1711. After the initial education at the Jesuit College he went to live and work in Rome, Vienna, Paris and London. He became a member of many scientific associations and academies, published over seventy scientific papers. He founded the astronomy observatory in Brera and then he went to Paris to hold a position of the Director of Naval Optics in Paris. Eventually, devastated by his illness, he went back to Milan where he died in 1787, thus ending the life path of this remarkable person.
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