William Duncan MacMillan
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American astronomer
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- PhD Astronomy University of Chicago
Why Is William Duncan MacMillan Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Duncan MacMillan was an American mathematician and astronomer on the faculty of the University of Chicago. He published research on the applications of classical mechanics to astronomy, and is noted for pioneering speculations on physical cosmology. For the latter, Helge Kragh noted, "the cosmological model proposed by MacMillan was designed to lend support to a cosmic optimism, which he felt was threatened by the world view of modern physics."
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