Template:Did you know nominations/C. Doris Hellman

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:01, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

C. Doris Hellman

  • ... that the work of C. Doris Hellman on the Great Comet of 1577 led historians of science to recognize the comet's key role in the success of the Copernican Revolution? Source: Donahue 1973: "It is generally recognized, largely as a result of Professor Hellman's painstaking research, that observations of the supernova of 1572 and the comet of 1577 played a critical role in the rejection of the traditional peripatetic cosmology."

Created by David Eppstein (talk). Self-nominated at 07:45, 26 August 2019 (UTC).

Short but sweet. New enough, lots of high-quality cites, hook is fine. Ready for a GA imho. Maury Markowitz (talk) 17:36, 27 August 2019 (UTC)