Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711 - 1787)

Croatian mathematician and physicist best known for his atomic theory. His contributions to mathematics include applying mathematics to the telescope, the cycloid, the logistic curve and various problems of spherical trigonometry. Boscovich was the first to compute a planet's orbit based on only observations. He contributed to statistics by minimizing the sum of the absolute values of deviations, similar to the later idea of least squares.

Stamps

Stamp Description
Croatia, 3.50, 1943
Scott: 59 A26
Croatia, 12.50 , 1943
Scott: 60 A26
Yugoslavia, 100 Dinara, 1960
Scott: 595 A147
Yugoslavia, 150d, 1987
Scott: 1834 A574
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croatian Administration)
2.10m, 2011
Scott: 251 A222