Who was Roger Joseph Boscovich?
Q: Who was Roger Joseph Boscovich?
A: Roger Joseph Boscovich was a Croatian polymath and Jesuit from the city of Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Croatia).
Q: Where did Boscovich study and live?
A: Boscovich studied and lived in Italy and France, where he published many of his works.
Q: What are some of Boscovich's contributions to science?
A: Boscovich produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy. In 1753 he discovered the absence of atmosphere on the Moon.
Q: What is Boscovich's most famous work?
A: Boscovich's most famous work is Philosophiæ naturalis theoria redacta ad unicam legem virium in natura existentium (Theory of natural philosophy derived to the single law of forces which exist in nature), which he published in Vienna in 1758.
Q: What topics did Boscovich cover in his famous work?
A: Boscovich's famous work included his atomic theory and his theory of forces.
Q: How many editions of Boscovich's famous work were published?
A: Three editions of Boscovich's famous work were published in Vienna in 1758, in Venice in 1763, and again in Vienna in 1764. It was later published in London in 1922 and in the United States in 1966. Another edition was published in Zagreb in 1974.
Q: Where and when did Boscovich die?
A: There is no information in the given text about where or when Boscovich died.
