Simon Newcomb | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Simon Newcomb 00:00:26 1 Biography 00:00:35 1.1 Early life 00:03:25 1.2 Peirce family 00:04:19 1.3 Career in astronomy 00:05:47 1.4 Director of the Nautical Almanac Office 00:06:43 1.5 Personal life 00:08:11 2 Work 00:08:20 2.1 Speed of light 00:09:23 2.2 Benford's law 00:09:56 2.3 Chandler wobble 00:10:33 2.4 Other work 00:11:24 2.5 On the state of astronomy 00:12:06 2.6 On the impossibility of a flying machine 00:14:40 2.7 Psychical research 00:15:17 3 Awards and honours 00:16:34 4 Legacy 00:17:31 5 Bibliography Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician and autodidactic polymath, who was Professor of Mathematics in the U.S. Navy and at Johns Hopkins.Though he had little conventional schooling, he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as other fields in applied mathematics such as economics and statistics in addition to writing a science fiction novel.
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Simon Newcomb 00:00:26 1 Biography 00:00:35 1.1 Early life 00:03:25 1.2 Peirce family 00:04:19 1.3 Career in astronomy 00:05:47 1.4 Director of the Nautical Almanac Office 00:06:43 1.5 Personal life 00:08:11 2 Work 00:08:20 2.1 Speed of light 00:09:23 2.2 Benford's law 00:09:56 2.3 Chandler wobble 00:10:33 2.4 Other work 00:11:24 2.5 On the state of astronomy 00:12:06 2.6 On the impossibility of a flying machine 00:14:40 2.7 Psychical research 00:15:17 3 Awards and honours 00:16:34 4 Legacy 00:17:31 5 Bibliography Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician and autodidactic polymath, who was Professor of Mathematics in the U.S. Navy and at Johns Hopkins.Though he had little conventional schooling, he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as other fields in applied mathematics such as economics and statistics in addition to writing a science fiction novel.