Regiomontanus was the pen name of Johann Müller, responsible for what some call the "rebirth of trigonometry" during the century following his death. Although he was a practicing astrologer , he also was one of the first Europeans to closely...

The German astronomer and mathematician Regiomontanus (1436-1476) constructed the first European observatory and established trigonometry as a separate area of study in mathematics. Regiomontanus, called after the Latinized form of his birthplace,...

1436-1476 German Astronomer and Mathematician Johannes Regiomontanus played a key role in reforming astronomical studies in fifteenth-century Europe by emphasizing and acting on the need for new and improved observations over those of the ancients. He...

1436-1476 German mathematician and astronomer who introduced Arabic algebraic and trigonometric methods to Europe, thus providing a systematic basis for their further development. In De triangulis omnimodis (1533) he developed the earliest statement of...

Johannes Müller von Königsberg (June 6, 1436 – July 6, 1476), known by his Latin pseudonym Regiomontanus, was an important German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. He was born in the Franconian village of Unfinden near Königsberg,...

0860789578 The development of mathematics in medieval Europe; the Arabs, Euclid, Regiomontanus. Folkerts, Menso. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2006 352 pages $119.95 Hardcover QA23 Twelve articles consider the reception of Euclid in the Latin West...