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Peurbach, Georg of (1423–1461)

Born: 1423, Peurbach

Died: 1461, Vienna

Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy

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The teacher of Regiomontanus, Georg of Peurbach was one of the beginners of a thorough process of modernization of the traditional mathematical astronomy.

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    Giorgio Strano

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Strano, G. (2015). Peurbach, Georg of (1423–1461). In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_77-1

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