Maths
Gravity Simulator
Submitted by admindev on Mon, 28/03/2022 - 08:51Calculating your age on another planet
Submitted by admindev on Thu, 24/03/2022 - 16:42Solar Rotation
Students access and use real data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory to estimate the rotation period of our Sun. Students will use digital tools, make accurate observations and measurements, apply mathematical knowledge, and evaluate their results.
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Dorothy Vaughan
Credit: Unknown author
Occupation: Mathematician and Human Computer
Year born: 1910
Research Areas: Computer Programming
Karl Schwarzschild
Occupation: Physicist & Astronomer
Year born: 1873
Research Areas: Relativity, Black Holes, Quantum Theory, Stars, Comets
"Mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, march in one front."
Stephen Hawking
Credit: Jim Campbell/Aero-News Network
Occupation: Physicist & Author
Year born: 1942
Research Areas: Cosmology, Theoretical Physics
Annie Maunder
Credit: Courtesy of Dorrie Giles / RAS
Occupation: Mathematician, Astronomer
Year born: 1868
Research Areas: The Sun, Sunspots, Magnetic Storms
Katherine Johnson
Credit: NASA
Occupation: Mathematician
Year born: 1918
Research Areas: Rocket Flightpaths, Trajectories, Orbital Mechanics
"I loved going to work every single day"
Computers
core of Square Kilometre Arrayantennas.
Credit: SPDO/TDP/DRAO/Swinburne
Astronomy Productions
