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Synopsis
This is the first book of series "Histories of Scientific Insights". Here you find interesting stories about human's discoveries in Universe: astronomy was one of the first science appeared in ancient time. Even then people can measure distance to the planets and Sun and also knew their size. It is amazing how simple and precise were their methods! This book was published in Rusian in Moscow and several thousand copies have been sold. The book can be useful for teachers who wish to make their classes more interesting. It also will be interesting for pupils who would like to be smarter than their teachers (:-).
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About the Author
I am aplied mathematician. Over 20 years I was a Chair of Department "Large Scale System" at one of the best Russian universities - the Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology. In 1989 I was invited as Distinguish Visiting Professor at the George Washington University (USA). Later I worked as a Principal Engineer at excellent telecommunication company QUALCOMM and taught at the UCSD in San Diego. I authored about 30 scientific books published in Russia, United States, Ukrain, Germany, Bulgaria and Czech Republic.
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