Regiomontanus
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
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 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
Although Regiomontanus worked out how to make such a measurement in 1471, the full account of his procedure was not published until 1531.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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