Percival Lowell

Percival Lowell
Percival Lowell
Lahir(1855-03-13)13 Maret 1855
Boston, Massachusetts, A.S.
Meninggal12 November 1916(1916-11-12) (umur 61)
Flagstaff, Arizona, A.S.
KebangsaanAmerika
Dikenal ataskanal Mars, Penemuan Asteroid: 793 Arizona (9 April 1907)
Karier ilmiah
BidangAstronomi

Percival Lawrence Lowell (13 Maret 1855 – 12 November 1916) merupakan seorang pengusaha, penulis, matematikawan, dan astronom Amerika yang berspekulasi tentang kanal di Mars. Ia mendirikan Observatorium Lowell di Flagstaff, Arizona, dan memimpin sebuah usaha yang berpuncak pada ditemukannya Pluto empat belas tahun setelah kematiannya. Pemilihan nama Pluto dan simbolnya salah satunya dipengaruhi oleh inisialnya PL.[1]

Lihat pula

Catatan

  1. ^ Rabkin, Eric S. (2005). Mars: a tour of the human imagination. Greenwood Publishing Group. hlm. 95. ISBN 0-275-98719-1. 

Penerbitan

  • Percival Lowell – Collected Writings on Japan and Asia, including Letters to Amy Lowell and Lafcadio Hearn, 5 vols., Tokyo: Edition Synapse. ISBN 978-4-901481-48-9 www.aplink.co.jp/synapse/4-901481-48-7.htm

Referensi

  • Zahnel K. (2001). "Decline and Fall of the Martian Empire". Nature. 412 (6843): 209–213. doi:10.1038/35084148. PMID 11449281. 
  • Crossley R. (2000). "Percival Lowell and the history of Mars". Massachusetts Review. 41 (3): 297–318. 
  • Strauss D. (1994). "Lowell, Percival, Pickering, W.H. and the founding of the Lowell Observatory". Annals of Science. 51 (1): 37–58. doi:10.1080/00033799400200121. 
  • Trefil J. (1988). "Turn-of-the-Century American Astronomer Lowell, Percival". Smithsonian. 18 (10): 34–. 
  • Meyer W. B. (1984). "Life on Mars is almost Certain + Lowell,Percival on Exobiology". American Heritage. 35 (2): 38–43. 
  • Hetherington N. S. (1981). "Lowell, Percival – Professional Scientist or Interloper". Journal of the History of Ideas. Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 42, No. 1. 42 (1): 159–161. doi:10.2307/2709423. JSTOR 2709423. 
  • Heffernan W. C. (1981). "Lowell, Percival and the Debate over Extraterrestrial Life". Journal of the History of Ideas. Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 42, No. 3. 42 (3): 527–530. doi:10.2307/2709191. JSTOR 2709191. 
  • Webb G. E. (1980). "The Planet Mars and Science in Victorian America". Journal of American Culture. 3 (4): 573. doi:10.1111/j.1542-734X.1980.0304_573.x. 
  • Hoyt W. G., Wesley W. G. (1977). "Lowell and Mars". American Journal of Physics. 45 (3): 316–317. Bibcode:1977AmJPh..45..316H. doi:10.1119/1.10630. 
  • Hofling C. K. (1964). "Percival Lowell and the Canals of Mars". British Journal of Medical Psychology. 37 (1): 33–42. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1964.tb01304.x. 

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