Saimon N'yukom (1835 -1909) k 175-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya.
11.03.2010 6:51 | A. I. Eremeeva/GAISh, Moskva

Saimon N'yukom amerikanskii astronom, rodilsya 12 marta 1835 g. v Uollese (Novaya Shotlandiya, Kanada) v sem'e sel'skogo uchitelya. Uzhe v detstve u nego proyavilsya nezauryadnyi matematicheskii talant. Pereehav v 18 let v SShA i nachav samostoyatel'nuyu zhizn' takzhe uchitelem, on zanyalsya odnovremenno samoobrazovaniem v oblasti astronomii po knigam.