Regiomontanus
Americannoun
noun
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Although Regiomontanus died in 1476, the Epitome was not published for another twenty years, when it set the young Copernicus thinking.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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
Regiomontanus spoke in praise of the mathematical sciences, and he praised them by denigrating the Aristotelian philosophy taught in the universities.
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
Regiomontanus and Galileo saw themselves as disciples of Archimedes.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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