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
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
In 1471 Regiomontanus worked out a procedure for measuring the parallax of heavenly bodies and so their distance from the Earth.
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
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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