“How Bürgi computed the sines of all integer angles simultaneously in 1586”
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Jost Bürgi
Jost Bürgi, active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, mathematician, and writer. Burgi was the brother-in-law and adoptive father of Benjamin Bramer.
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science · Swiss clock and instrument maker (1552–1632) · amateur mathematician · astronomer · clockmaker · watchmaker · mathematician · also Jost Bürgi, Jost Buergi, Bürgi
Born 28 February 1552 · Died 31 January 1632 · Q124025
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“History of the Exponential and Logarithmic Concepts”
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Died 1632-01-31.
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“Divide a right angle in as many parts as you want and construct herefrom the sine table.(Einen rechten Winckell in also viel theile theilenn alß man will, vnnd aus demselben den Canonen Sinuum vermachenn.)”
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1620· 1 entry
“Elem. Math. (2016) 71 pp. 89–99. == See also == Astronomy Canon Sinuum (Bürgi) History of logarithms History of mathematics History of science Kunstweg Mathematics Trigonometry == External links == Jost Bürgi @MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive Bürgi, Jost bio from Oliver Knill @Harvard University Bürgi’s “Progress Tabulen”
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1552· 1 entry
Born 1552-02-28.
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