Henri Mineur
Henri Mineur (7 March 1899 – 7 May 1954) was a French astronomer and mathematician.
He was born in
Ph.D.
in 1924.
As he had held a long interest in astronomy, in 1925 he left his teaching position to join the
retrograde direction. He also discovered an important error in the period-luminosity law of Cepheid variables
, that had resulted in a significant underestimation of the size of the universe.
In 1936 he established the Institute d'Astrophysique in Paris. He became the director of this facility and remained at this post for the rest of his life.
During
Paris, France
.
The crater Mineur on the Moon is named in his memory.
Bibliography
- L'Univers en expansion, 1933.[1]
- Technique de la méthodes des moindres carrés, 1938.[2]
- Technique de calcul numérique, 1952.
References
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Henri Mineur", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- French Wikipedia entry for Mineur with an extensive bibliography
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