"On a cloudy afternoon in #England in 1639, 20-year-old #JeremiahHorrocks became the first person to accurately predict the transit of #Venus and measure the distance from the #Earth to the #Sun."

The forgotten maths genius who laid the foundations for #IsaacNewton | #Astronomy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/19/jeremiah-horrocks-the-forgotten-maths-genius-who-laid-the-foundations-for-isaac-newton

The forgotten maths genius who laid the foundations for Isaac Newton

A new play explores the short life of Jeremiah Horrocks, whose astonishing discoveries ‘changed the way we see the universe’

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/19/jeremiah-horrocks-the-forgotten-maths-genius-who-laid-the-foundations-for-isaac-newton

#physics #pioneers #JeremiahHorrocks