In April of 1464 Johannes Müller of Königsberg (1436–1476) in Franconia, generally known
by the Latin form of his name as Regiomontanus, gave a series of lectures at the University …

In the spring of 1464, the German astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician Johannes Mü
ller (1436–76), known as Regiomontanus (a Latinization of the name of his hometown …

The history of science as a separate branch of cultural and intellectual history is not very old;
not much older than the concept of the Renaissance itself. That concept, though it has been …

G ALILEO GALILEI, in one of his earliest works, referred to the" superhuman Archimedes,
whose name I never mention without a feeling of awe." 1 True to his word, throughout his …

" Man is to render praise to God"-so wrote Leon Battista Alberti in the mid-fifteenth century-"
to satisfy him with good works for those gifts of excelling virtu that God gave to the soul of …

Habent sua Jata colloquia. The present volume has its ongms in a spring 1984 international
workshop held, under the auspices of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, by …

In 1464 Johannes Muller ofK6nigsberg, known as Regiomontanus, gave a lecture atthe
University ofPadua on the dignity and utility ofthe mathematical sciences. Since arriving in …

Perhaps the most important figure in the mathematics of Central Europe in the fifteenth
century was Johannes Regiomontanus (1436-1476). In the last 50 years his work has been …

The interaction of science, magic, and humanism was a characteristic feature of the late
fifteenth century. It represented in part the humanist's effort to assert their control and the …

There are two major problems in renaissance science, each of which has a cultural, as well
as a scientific, dimension. The first problem concerns the impact of humanism upon the …