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Stirring Astronomy into Theology: Sir Isaac Newton on the Date of the Passion of Christ
Ari Belenkiy, Eduardo Vila Echague
It is known that Sir Isaac Newton suggested a date for the Passion of Christ in the posthumously published "Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. Joh…
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Groping Toward Linear Regression Analysis: Newton's Analysis of Hipparchus' Equinox Observations
Ari Belenkiy, Eduardo Vila Echague
In February 1700, Isaac Newton needed a precise tropical year to design a new universal calendar that would supersede the Gregorian one. However, 17th-Century astronomers were unce…