“The Earth's insolation and its secular changes”
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Milutin Milanković
Milutin Milanković was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer, university professor, popularizer of science and academic.
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Born 16 May 1879 · Died 12 December 1958 · Q89054
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2026· 4 entries
“The planets' motion around the Sun and their mutual perturbations”
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“Secular wanderings of the rotational poles of the Earth”
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“The connection between insolation and the temperature of the Earth and its atmosphere. The mathematical climate of the Earth”
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2017· 1 entry
EurekAlert!: ICCP director Axel Timmermann receives Milutin Milankovic Medal
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1965· 1 entry
The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union named an impact crater on the far side of the Moon as Milankovic, which was later confirmed at the 14th IAU General Assembly in 1970
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1958· 1 entry
Died 1958-12-12.
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1955· 2 entries
Milankovitch retired from the position of professor of celestial mechanics and the history of astronomy at the University of Belgrade
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Was also elected as a corresponding member to the Academy of Naturalists "Leopoldina" in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany
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1953· 1 entry
Was at the Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) held in Rome where he was interrupted during his speech by numerous opponents since radiocarbon dating at that time showed different resul
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1948· 1 entry
The General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union was held in Zürich
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1947· 1 entry
Milanković's only son emigrated from the new communist Yugoslavia via Paris, London and Egypt to Australia
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1941· 1 entry
By the Royal Serbian Academy, 626 pages in quarto, and was printed in German as "Kanon der Erdbestrahlung und seine Anwendung auf das Eiszeitenproblem"
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1937· 1 entry
On behalf of five academics, Milutin Milanković wrote a recommendation that Nikola Tesla be elected a full member of the Royal Serbian Academy, which was done at a ceremonial meeting on 7 March 1937.
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1936· 1 entry
Attended the Third symposium of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) in Vienna
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1935· 2 entries
Milanković published the book Celestial Mechanics
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Was awarded Greek decoration - Phoenix Battalion Commander's Cross
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1932· 1 entry
And 1933 at the suggestion of Alfred Wegener
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1930· 2 entries
In German and translated into Russian in 1939
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Together with Milanković's curves
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1929· 1 entry
Was awarded, at the proposal of the Ministry of Finances the White Eagle Order, 5th degree
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1927· 1 entry
Milanković received an offer from Köppen to collaborate on the Handbook of Climatology (Handbuch der Klimatologie), which was edited by Köppen himself
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1925· 1 entry
Was awarded Tunisian Nichan Iftikhar Order, 3rd degree
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1920· 1 entry
In the edition of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (today HAZU) from Zagreb and the Gauthier-Villars in Paris
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1916· 1 entry
Published a paper entitled "Investigation of the climate of the planet Mars"
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1915· 1 entry
Milanković's son Vasilije-Vasko was born in Budapest
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1912· 1 entry
After he had realized that "most of meteorology is nothing but a collection of innumerable empirical findings, mainly numerical data, with traces of physics used to explain some of them
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1908· 3 entries
Published a paper titled "On membranes of same opposition" in which he proves that the ideal shape for a water reservoir of equally thick walls is that of a drop of water
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Milankovitch invented and patented new and useful Improvement in the Production of hollow reinforced-concrete slabs AT 42720 B
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The Austro-Hungarian Empire decided to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina after 30 years of occupation
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1905· 1 entry
Published the first paper on armored concrete named Contribution to the theory of reinforced armored pillars
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1902· 1 entry
Studied at TU Wien (1902).
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1896· 1 entry
Moved to Vienna to study Civil Engineering at the TU Wien and graduated in 1902
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1879· 1 entry
Born 1879-05-16.
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1853· 1 entry
And in Vienna in 1873) as a predecessor of present World Meteorological Organization, WMO
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