Regiomontanus: His Life and Work (eBook)

E. Brown, E. Zinner (Autoren)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
412 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-9598-5 (ISBN)

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The 500th anniversary of Regiomontanus's birth has occasioned this depiction of his life and work. It is the first English translation of Ernst Zinner's monumental biography, plus a number of specially-written supplementary articles which help paint a more comprehensive picture of the current state of knowledge about Regiomontanus. The articles show the high regard in which the biography is still held by the community of scholars doing work on the mathematics of the Renaissance.Zinner's biography is a mine of information about early printing, astrolabes, tables of eclipses and the world of Henry of Langenstein, Johann of Gmunden, Georg Peuerbach, Cardinal Bessarion, Nicholas of Cusa and the extraordinary itinerant scholar, Johannes Müller of Königsberg - Regiomontanus. His contributions to mathematics are discussed (for example, he may have discovered the fifth and sixth perfect numbers) as well as the mysteries surrounding his life and death.

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The 500th anniversary of Regiomontanus's birth has occasioned this depiction of his life and work. It is the first English translation of Ernst Zinner's monumental biography, plus a number of specially-written supplementary articles which help paint a more comprehensive picture of the current state of knowledge about Regiomontanus. The articles show the high regard in which the biography is still held by the community of scholars doing work on the mathematics of the Renaissance.Zinner's biography is a mine of information about early printing, astrolabes, tables of eclipses and the world of Henry of Langenstein, Johann of Gmunden, Georg Peuerbach, Cardinal Bessarion, Nicholas of Cusa and the extraordinary itinerant scholar, Johannes Muller of Konigsberg - Regiomontanus. His contributions to mathematics are discussed (for example, he may have discovered the fifth and sixth perfect numbers) as well as the mysteries surrounding his life and death.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Regiomontanus: His Life and Work 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Preface 8
Translator's Preface 10
I. Childhood 12
II. Kinship 18
III. The Leipzig Student Years 20
IV. The Vienna Student Years 24
A. Astronomy in Austria 24
B. The Modern Sundial and the Discovery of the Magnetic Declination of the Compass Needle 27
C. Georg Peuerbach 28
D. Regiomontanus's Works in Vienna 41
V. The Years of Travel in Italy 62
A. The Epitome of Ptolemy's Almagest 62
B. The De triangulis 66
C. Correspondence with Giovanni Bianchini 71
D. The Padua Lectures 80
E. Venetian Works 85
F. Works in Rome 89
VI. The Years of Travel in Hungary 102
A. The Tables 102
B. The Making of Instruments 109
C. The Observations 111
VII. The Nuremberg Master Years 114
A. The Work Plan 114
B. Mathematical Works 120
C. The Printing of Scientific Works 121
D. The Almanacs or Ephemerides 128
E. The Ephemerides during the Time of the Discovery of America 130
F. The Calendars 136
G. The Determination of Cometary Sizes and Distances 141
H. The Making of Instruments 146
I. The Nuremberg Observations 151
K. Minor Works 158
VIII. Regiomontanus's Death in Rome 162
IX. His Estate 168
X. Likenesses of Regiomontanus 184
XI His Personality and His Goals 190
XII. Posterity's Judgment of Regiomontanus 198
XIII. Scientific Works in the Estates of Regiomontanus and Walther 204
XIV. Notes 206
Bibliography 272
Index 282
Supplements 300
Introduction to the Supplements 300
From Königsberg to Rome 310
Regiomontanus and Leipzig 318
Supplements to Zinner's Book, "Leben und Wirken des Johannes Müller von Königsberg, genanntRegiomontanus" 324
The Most Recent Results of Research on Regiomontanus 336
Problems of Calendar Reform from Regiomontanus to the Present 356
New Results on the Mathematical Activity of Regiomontanus 374
On Regiomontanus's Arithmetic and Algebra in De triangulis Omnimodis libri quinq 384
Supplementary Literature on Regiomontanus 398
Works on Regiomontanus Published in the USSR or Written By Solviet Scholars 404
Conferences Commemorating Anniversaries of Regiomontanus's Birth or Death 408

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.6.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-9598-2 / 1483295982
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-9598-5 / 9781483295985