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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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Regiomontanus, it is true, planned to publish him, but, where other texts Regiomontanus had planned to publish appeared in print in due course, Theodoric’s little treatise did not.

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

Regiomontanus had recently completed an exposition and commentary on Ptolemy’s astronomy, begun by his mentor Georg Peuerbach.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

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