Georg von Peuerbach
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Georg von Peuerbach was an Austrian astronomer, poet, mathematician and instrument maker, best known for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum. Peuerbac
Page from Peurbach's sine table
The Georg von Peuerbach Gymnasium built in 1971 in Upper Austria
Theoricae novae planetarum, 1534
Regiomontanus
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Johannes Müller von Königsberg, better known as Regiomontanus, was a mathematician, astrologer and astronomer of the German Renaissance, active in Vienna, Buda and Nuremberg. His contributions were in
Georg von Peuerbach
…astronomy career. After this point Peuerbach essentially devoted his life to astronomy, developing tools and theories, and collaborating with his pupil Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller von Königsberg) to make astrology more digestible to common people. Majority of Georg's astrological discoveries were made in the last…
18th-century portrait (Iohannes de Regio Monte dictus alias Müllerus)
Plaque at Regiomontanus' birthplace
Regiomontanus
Comet of 1472