Christopher Clavius, SJ (25 March 1538 – 6 February 1612) was a Jesuit German mathematician, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer...
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It is named for the Jesuit priest Christopher Clavius. Clavius is one of the largest craters of Nectarian age. Clavius' location toward the southern limb...
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to indicate aggregation (i.e. grouping) was suggested in 1608 by Christopher Clavius, and in 1629 by Albert Girard. A variety of different symbols are...
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had been educated in math and science at the Collegio Romano with Christopher Clavius and also in Portugal at the University of Coimbra. Matteo went to...
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Maria Grimaldi, Nicole Oresme, Jean Buridan, Robert Grosseteste, Christopher Clavius, Nicolas Steno, Athanasius Kircher, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, and...
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became known for its work in mathematics, physics and astronomy. Christopher Clavius, then a professor at the Gregorian, developed the Gregorian calendar...
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upon by Christopher Clavius in a closely argued, 800-page volume. He would later defend his and Lilius's work against detractors. Clavius's opinion was...
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cosmos. Al-Battānī's tables were used by the German mathematician Christopher Clavius in reforming the Julian calendar, and the astronomers Tycho Brahe...
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of Coimbra, future astronomer Christopher Clavius attended Pedro Nunes' classes, and was influenced by his works. Clavius, proponent of the Gregorian Calendar...
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physician/astronomer Aloysius Lilius and aided by Jesuit priest/astronomer Christopher Clavius, who made the final modifications. This calendar is more accurate...
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special school of mathematics in Antwerp, fulfilling a dream of Christopher Clavius for a Jesuit mathematical school; in 1616, he was joined there by...
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not contained in the Elements. However, Robert Simson following Christopher Clavius demonstrated this result, sometimes called the intersecting secants...
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line of the sector coincided with a division line of the quadrant. Christopher Clavius had earlier mentioned this idea but had not proposed to attach the...
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Franciscus Patricius, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1529) 1612 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538) 1617 – Prospero Alpini...
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Harvester Press. Lattis, J. M. (1994). Between Copernicus and Galileo: Christopher Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology. Chicago: University of Chicago...
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found (in Latin) as part of Christopher Clavius' complete explanation of the Gregorian calendar, in Volume 5 of Clavius' complete mathematical works...
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to bring it back to the scientific sphere. It was criticised by Christopher Clavius, since Homocentric Spheres could not account for the change in brightness...
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Tartaglia = equals sign 1557 Robert Recorde . decimal separator 1593 Christopher Clavius × multiplication sign 1618 William Oughtred ± plus–minus sign 1628...
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Other Europeans to sight the supernova included Wolfgang Schuler, Christopher Clavius, Thomas Digges, John Dee, Francesco Maurolico, Tadeáš Hájek and Bartholomäus...
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Christiani Christopher Clavius Stephan Cohn-Vossen Paul Cohn Armin B. Cremers Peter Crüger Richard Dedekind Herbert von Denffer Christopher Deninger Otto...
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Maria Grimaldi, Nicole Oresme, Jean Buridan, Robert Grosseteste, Christopher Clavius, Nicolas Steno, Athanasius Kircher, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, William...
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Johannes Werner, Paul Wittich, Joost Bürgi, Christopher Clavius, and François Viète. Wittich, Ibn Yunis, and Clavius were all astronomers and have all been...
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after his death, by the scientific adviser to the Pope, Christopher Clavius. Viète accused Clavius, in a series of pamphlets (1600), of introducing corrections...
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astrolabe. Tibbon's work had a far reach and influenced Copernicus, Christopher Clavius and Erasmus Reinhold; and his manuscript was referenced in Dante's...
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Maria Grimaldi, Nicole Oresme, Jean Buridan, Robert Grosseteste, Christopher Clavius, Nicolas Steno, Athanasius Kircher, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, William...
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the theologian Father Robert Bellarmine. Two of his professors, Christopher Clavius and Robert Bellarmine, praised his abilities. He was ordained sometime...
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popularizers of mathematics for shopkeepers, along with Elia Del Re, Christopher Clavius, and Domenico Griminelli. Barberino Benici, Francesco (1697). Aritmetica...
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Benedict Pereira (section Debate against Clavius)
the Apocalypse and of Daniel. Pereira was an outspoken opponent of Christopher Clavius at the Collegio Romano. The debate concerned the nature of mathematics...
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the Jesuits. Not all of Galileo's claims were completely accepted: Christopher Clavius, the most distinguished astronomer of his age, never was reconciled...
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Inter gravissimas on February 24 and based largely on the work of Christopher Clavius. Under the Habsburg monarchy in Spain, Portugal and Italy, together...
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