In the shadow of Kepler and Galileo
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: In the shadow of Kepler and Galileo
zbMATH Open document ID: 0911.01030
DOI: 10.1007/BF03024400
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 1999-05-04T00:00:00Z
review text: The author of the study begins by taking us to a trip in Prague: among its numerous wonders, the city has also important mathematical remainders. A first name to be mentioned is that of Bolzano -- who borrowed it to a lecture room in the Math. Dept. at the Charles University. Then, two important scientific personalities are being brought to our memory: Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe; the latter's famous laboratory of astronomy is mentioned, as well as his tomb in the Teynkirche -- placed in the very heart of old Prague. Less known specialists are then remembered, namely Solomon Delmedigo and David Gans. They both performed important studies in mathematics and astronomy (thus, Delmedigo had the chance to use Galileo's telescope in Padua). They both supported the Copernican Revolution, in spite of the dangerous reactions this could challenge. In the encyclopedic spirit of those times, Gans was also a cartographer and a historian, Delmedigo was also a geographer and a physician. They are both buried in the Jewish cemetery of Prague.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A80
zbMATH DE Number: 1210482
zbMATH Keywords: Prague
zbMATH Keywords: Kepler
zbMATH Keywords: Galileo
zbMATH Keywords: Tycho Brahe
zbMATH Keywords: Solomon Delmedigo
zbMATH Keywords: David Gans
zbMATH Keywords: astronomy
zbMATH Keywords: mathematics
author: Gerard Buskes
reviewed by: Cristina Irimia
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Q3963208
cites work: Q4082024
cites work: Riemann, Betti and the birth of topology
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03024400
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