ballistics: Quick Facts

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Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet

British physicist

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Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia

Italian mathematician

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Gregory Breit

Russian-born American physicist

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Gilbert Ames Bliss

American mathematician