- Samuel Oppenheim
Samuel Oppenheim (*
November 19 1857 in Braunsberg; †August 15 1928 inVienna ) was an Austrianastronomer .In 1875 Oppenheim began to study
mathematics ,physics andastronomy in Vienna. He took hisStaatsexamen in 1880. From 1881-1887 he worked at the Observatory of Vienna and from 1888-1896 at the Kuffner-Observatory in Vienna. He attained theDoctorate in 1884 and theHabilitation in 1910 for theoretical astronomy. After working as a teacher inPrag , he wasProfessor ordinarius for astronomy at theUniversity of Vienna .Oppenheim's field of research was mainly in the field of
celestial mechanics (for example he wrote works oncomets ,Gravitation ,Precession , Kinematics and statistics ofstar s etc.). He was co-editor of theEnzyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften .References
*NDB|19|568|569|Oppenheim, Samuel|Hermann Haupt
Publications
*Cite journal
author=Oppenheim, S.
year=1919-1922
title=Astronomie
journal=Encyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften mit Einschluss ihrer Anwendungen
volume=6.2.1
url=http://www.archive.org/details/encyklomath621encyrich*Cite journal
author=Oppenheim, S.
year=1919-1922
title=Astronomie
journal=Encyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften mit Einschluss ihrer Anwendungen
volume=6.2.2
url=http://www.archive.org/details/encyklomath2206encyrich
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