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Newcomb may
refer to:
Newcomb (surname),
includes a list of
people with the name
Newcomb Bay
Newcomb, Victoria, a
residential suburb Newcomb Township,...
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philosophy and mathematics,
Newcomb's paradox, also
known as
Newcomb's problem, is a
thought experiment involving a game
between two players, one of...
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Newcomb is a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
Anthony Newcomb (1941–2018),
American musicologist Bernard A.
Newcomb,
American businessperson...
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Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer,
applied mathematician, and
autodidactic polymath. He
served as Professor...
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known as the
creator of
Newcomb's paradox,
devised in 1960. He was the great-grandnephew of the
astronomer Simon Newcomb.
Newcomb started at the Lawrence...
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William Newcomb (born June 12, 1993) is an
American professional baseball pitcher in the
Boston Red Sox organization. He has
previously pla**** in...
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Josephine Louise Newcomb (née Le Monnier;
October 31, 1816 –
April 7, 1901) was the
philanthropist whose donations led to the
founding of
Newcomb College, the...
- USS
Newcomb (DD-586) was a Fletcher-class
destroyer in the
United States Navy
during World War II. She was the only ship
named for
Commodore Frank H....
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Newcomb ball (also
known simply as
Newcomb+, and
sometimes spelled Newcombe (ball)) is a ball game pla**** in a
gymnasium or
court using two
opposing teams...
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Philip H.
Newcomb (born 1950s) is an
American software engineer and CEO of The
Software Revolution, Inc.,
known for his work in the
field of
formal methods...
