Born under a bad sign.

Posted on September 14, 2010 by thonyc

Yesterday’s birthday boy has got to be a serious candidate for the most unfortunate astronomer of all times. Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière (September 12, 1725 – October 22, 1792) was a French astronomer whose life as a scientist started auspiciously in that he was personally trained in his profession by the Cassini’s at the observatory in Paris. In order to understand when and why it all turned pear shaped you will have to go here…

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Aging freak who fell in love with the history of science and now resides mostly in the 16th century.
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2 Responses to Born under a bad sign.

  1. Stu Tanquist says:
    September 14, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    Sorry for the off-topic comment. I couldn’t find a way on the blog home page to send a general comment to the author group.

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