ANDERS CELSIUS

BACKGROUND INFO

• Born November 27th, 1701
• Born in Uppsala, Sweden
• Died of Tuberculosis on April 25th, 1744
• His main field of science was astronomy.

EARLY YEARS

• He was a very talented mathematician at an early age.
• He is the son of Nils Celsius, an astronomy professor.
• Studied at Uppsala university like his father.

EDUCATION

• Studied astronomy at Uppsala university.
• Later became an astronomy professor at Uppsala University

SCIENCE CAREER

• Studied auroral phenomena
• Developed connections between the aurora borealis and changes in the magnetic field of the earth
• Found a new way to calculate Earth's distance from the sun
• Built the Uppsala Observatory
• Invented the centigrade (Celsius) thermometer scale

WORLD BENEFITS

• People learned about aurora phenomena
• People learned more about astronomy
• People could measure temperature in Celsius
• His astronomy technology became the most modern instrumental technology

HOW HE HAS IMPACTED THE WORLD

• He invented the centigrade thermometer scale that is still used all over the world to this date
• His astronomy discoveries have an effect on modern day astronomy

SOURCES

• Astrotheme.com
• Philosophyofscience.com
• uu.se

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