Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1423)

Georg von Peuerbach

Austrian astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker (1423-1461)

Georg von Peuerbach was an Austrian astronomer, poet, mathematician and instrument maker, best known for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum. Peuerbach was instrumental in making astronomy, mathematics and literature simple and…