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.

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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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Example Sentences

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

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, 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

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