Cusanus
Britishnoun
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How clearly Cusanus anticipated another phase of our modern views may be judged from what he has to say in "De Docta Ignorantia" with regard to the constitution of the sun.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
Cantor, devotes a score of pages to the advances in mathematics which we owe to Cusanus.
From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.
Cardinal Cusanus suggested then that the water-clock should be employed for estimating the pulse frequency.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
Perhaps the work of Cusanus that is best known is that "On Learned Ignorance—De Docta Ignorantia," in which the Cardinal points out how many things that educated people think they know are entirely wrong.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
The New Astronomy.—The general criticisms of Cusanus were elaborated by Copernicus.
From Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson by Hardwick, John Charlton
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