‘Mathematics Made No Contribution to the Public Weal’: Why Jean Fernel (1497-1558) Became a Physician

DOI10.1111/j.1600-0498.2011.00234.xzbMath1255.01018OpenAlexW2066248201WikidataQ48434066 ScholiaQ48434066MaRDI QIDQ4649680

John M. Henry

Publication date: 13 November 2012

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/9845083/HENRY_2011_Mathematics_made_no_contribution_to_the_public_weal.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Jean FernelcosmographyRenaissance mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

Related Items (1)

A treatise on proportion in the tradition of Thomas Bradwardine: the \textit{De proportionibus libri duo} (1528) of Jean Fernel

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• Regiomontanus on Ptolemy, Physical Orbs, and Astronomical Fictionalism: Goldsteinian Themes in the “Defense of Theon against George of Trebizond”
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