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Ruđer Josip Bošković
astronomer, physicist, philosopher, poet, diplomat, and Jesuit
LATEST PROJECTS
Project | 01
1758 | Boscovich's Demon
Imagine someone knew where every particle in the universe was, and how each particle was moving. Boskovic proposes that if this were so, that "someone" would be able to envision the past history and future existence of each and every particle. This thought experiment is called Boskovic's Demon because Bosckovic said the somone could be the "demon." His idea goes into much more detail in terms of how this would phisically work.
Project | 02
1750-1755 | De Litteraria expeditione per pontificiam...
In the early 1750s I was asked by the Pope to create a map of the States of the Church in collaboration with another Jesuit named Christopher Maire. Together, we improved errors from previous maps and Boskovic used his understanding of the earth's true spherical form to better portray the States of the Church unlike any preceding maps.
Project | 03
1763 | Theoria Philosophiæ Naturalis
This was the basis of my work with atomic theory. I stated that every object can be divided into points so small that these points can no longer be divided into anything smaller. I also went on to explain that there is a certain repulsion between these tiny points. I divided this lengthy work into three parts.
These are just a handful of my countless projects, and I also published dozens of books.
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