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Regiomontanus

American  
[ree-jee-oh-mon-tey-nuhs, -tah-, rej-ee-, rey-gee-oh-mohn-tah-noos] / ˌri dʒi oʊ mɒnˈteɪ nəs, -ˈtɑ-, ˌrɛdʒ i-, ˌreɪ gi oʊ moʊnˈtɑ nʊs /

noun

  1. Johann Müller von Königsberg, 1436–76, German mathematician and astronomer.


Regiomontanus British  
/ ˌriːdʒɪəʊmɒnˈteɪnəs, -ˈtɑː-, -ˈtæn- /

noun

  1. original name Johann Müller . 1436–76, German mathematician and astronomer, who furthered the development of trigonometry

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On his deathbed, Peuerbach made Regiomontanus promise to complete the work, which he did, although the new translation of Ptolemy was not carried out.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

But, where perspective painting takes a three-dimensional world and turns it into a two-dimensional surface, Regiomontanus was now trying to take a two-dimensional image—the night sky—and turn it into a three-dimensional world.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Regiomontanus may have been one of the first, but he was not the last, to see in the mathematical sciences a new type of reliable knowledge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The question I ask is not ‘Were Regiomontanus and Hobbes right about mathematics?’ but ‘How did their understanding of mathematics help lay the groundwork for reliable scientific knowledge?’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Regiomontanus grasped that an astronomer does not have to travel in order to get two observation points that are, in effect, far apart.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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