6 Antwort - Wer bin ich?
Persönlichkeit 6 - Wer bin ich?
Ich wurde am 6. Juni 1436 in Königsberg in Bayern geboren. Fast genau 40 Jahre später wurde ich in Rom ermordet. Schon als elfjähriges Kind begann ich meine Studien an der Universität in Leipzig. 1450-61 studierte ich in Wien. Ich wurde bald der bedeutendste Mathematiker und Astronom des 15. Jahrhunderts. Im Jahre 1461 ging ich nach Italien, wo ich meine Dreieckslehre verfaßte. Ich lebte auch in Ungarn und danach viele Jahre in Nürnberg, wo viele meiner Werke von einer ganz neuen Erfindung gedruckt wurden. In Nürnberg setzte ich auch meine astronomischen Beobachtungen fort. Ab 1475 in Rom half ich dem Papst mit seiner Kalenderreform. Leider endete diese Arbeit frühzeitig mit meinem Mord. Aber meine astronomischen Tabellen (Ephemeriden) erwiesen sich für die Entdeckungsfahrten als unentbehrlich. Obwohl ich einen deutschen Namen hatte, war ich unter meinem lateinischen Namen viel bekannter. Ein Krater auf dem Mond trägt meinen Namen. - Wer bin ich?
(English version below the answer.)
Antwort - Ratespiel 6
• Ich bin Johann Müller (Regiomontanus,1436-1476)
To see the names of the Top 15 entrants who sent in the correct answer to Ratespiel 6 before the deadline, click here: Top-15-ListeBio Extra: Regiomontanus
(Also see the Web links below.)
Many of Regiomontanus' works were published after his death in 1476. Regiomontanus' (Müller's) death is something of a mystery. Pope Sixtus IV summoned him to Rome in 1475 to help with the overdue reform of the Julian calendar and appointed him bishop of Regensburg. Regiomontanus died before he could take office, either from the plague or, as some have suggested, from poison at the hands of his enemies.
Both Regiomontanus and Purbach (Peuerbach), with whom he worked on the Theoricae plantetarum novae, have "matching" lunar craters named for them. (See the link below for a photo!)
Works/Werke:
- Theoricae plantetarum novae (with Georg von Peuerbach, 1472)
- Ephemerides, astronomical/navigational tables for 1474-1506 (1474) - Columbus took along a copy of the Ephemerides on his 1492 voyage to the Americas.
- Tabulae directionum (1475)
- Calendario (1476)
- De triangulis omnimodis libri quinque ("Five Books on Triangles of All Kinds" - pub. 1533, written 1464) - First modern treatment of plane and spherical trigonometry
- Scripta (1544)
English Version - Game 6
I was born on the 6th of June 1436 in Königsberg in Bavaria. Almost exactly 40 years later I was assassinated in Rome. Already as a child of eleven, I began my studies at the university in Leipzig. From 1450 to 1461 I studied in Vienna. Soon I was the most significant mathematician and astronomer of the 15th century. In 1461 I went to Italy, where I wrote my work on trigonometry. I also lived in Hungary and for many years in Nürnberg, where many of my works were printed with an entirely new invention. In Nürnberg I also continued my astronomical observations. After 1475 I helped the pope in Rome with his calendar reform. Unfortunately this work ended prematurely with my assassination. But my astronomical tables (Ephemerides) proved invaluable for the voyages of discovery. Although I had a German name, I was much better known by my Latin name. A crater on the moon bears my name. - Who am I?
Regiomontanus Web Links
Astrologisches Häusersystem von Regiomontanus
A German Web site about the astrological system of "houses" invented by Johannes Müller, aka Regiomontanus. In German.
Königsberg in Bayern
The German Web site of Regiomontanus' hometown in Bavaria. Includes information about Regiomontanus. In German.
Regiomontanus
Bio and background info from the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
Regiomontanus
From Starry Messenger at the Univ. of Cambridge department of history and philosophy.
Ephemerides - Longitude
An article on Regiomontanus' work related to navigation and finding longitude, from Britannica.com.
Viewing a Statue - Regiomontanus
A geometric problem first posed by Regiomantanus in 1471.
Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature
How the craters on the moon were named... and much more from the United States Geological Survey. For more, also see the USGS Moon Page.
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