Born in Feldkirch, Austria to the town physician, Rheticus was exposed to science throughout his childhood. However, in 1528, his father was tried and convicted on a charge of sorcery, and subsequently beheaded. This family tragedy did not discourage...

1514-1574 German mathematician whose Narratio prima (1540) was the first published account of Nicolaus Copernicus's work. A disciple of Copernicus, Rheticus was instrumental in convincing him to publish De revolutionibus (1542). Rheticus also...

Georg Joachim von Lauchen, also known as Rheticus (February 16 1514 – December 4 1574), was a mathematician, cartographer, navigational and other instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his trigonometric...

THE FIRST COPERNICAN: Georg Joachim Rheticus and the Rise of the Copernican Revolution DENNIS DANIELSON Copernicus' realization that the sun, and not Earth, is the center of the solar system forever changed astronomy. However, his work might have sunk into oblivion without...

9780802715302 The first Copernican; Georg Joachim Rheticus and the rise of the Copernican Revolution. Danielson, Dennis. Walker & Company 2006 264 pages $25.95 Hardcover QB36 When Nicolaus Copernicus found Georg Joachim Rheticus at his...