Georg Joachim Rheticus
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Georg Joachim de Porris; Rheticus
A mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, navigational-instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his trigonometric tables and as Nicolaus Copernicus's sole pupil. He facilitated the publication of his master's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres).…more
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The Story of Mathematics
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2008
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