Ouest-France: VIDÉO. Dans la Manche, l'artiste MOG a peint une fresque de Nicole-Reine Lepaute, mathématicienne du XVIIIe siècle
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Nicole-Reine Lepaute
Nicole-Reine Lepaute, also erroneously known as Hortense Lepaute, was a French astronomer and human computer. Lepaute along with Alexis Clairaut and Jérôme Lalande calculated the date of the return of Halley's Comet. Her other astronomical feats include calculating the 1764 solar eclipse and producing almanacs from 1759 to 1783. She was also a member of the Scientific Académie de Béziers.
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science · French astronomer · astronomer · mathematician · also Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Nicole-Reine Étable de la Brière Lepaute, Hortense Lepaute, Lepaute
Born 5 January 1723 · Died 6 December 1788 · Q266049
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Died 1788-12-06.
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Born 1723-01-05.
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