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Joos Bürgi ( Lichtensteig, 28 febbraio 1552 – Kassel, 31 gennaio 1632) è stato un astronomo e matematico svizzero . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Bibliografia. 3 Altri progetti. 4 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia. Nato in Svizzera, acquisì una notevole abilità nella matematica e nelle osservazioni e computazioni astronomiche.
Jost Bürgi (also Joost, Jobst; Latinized surname Burgius or Byrgius; 28 February 1552 – 31 January 1632), active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, a maker of astronomical instruments and a mathematician.
Jost Bürgi (laut seinem Porträt auch Jobst Bürgi; * 28. Februar 1552 in Lichtensteig / Toggenburg; † 31. Januar 1632 in Kassel) war ein Schweizer Uhrmacher, Instrumentenerfinder, Mathematiker und Astronom . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Einleitung. 2 Leben. 3 Werk als Instrumentenbauer. 4 Mathematisches Werk. 5 Ehrung. 6 Literatur. 7 Weblinks.
Joost Bürgi was a mathematician who invented logarithms independently of the Scottish mathematician John Napier. Bürgi served as court watchmaker to Duke Wilhelm IV of Hesse-Kassel from 1579 to 1592 and worked in the royal observatory at Kassel, where he developed geometrical and astronomical.
Joost Bürgi. Home > Indice delle biografie >. Svizzero di nascita, egli venne acquisendo una notevole abilità nella matematica e nelle osservazioni e computazioni astronomiche. Dal 1579 operò come orologiaio e costruttore di strumenti presso l'osservatorio di Kassel (il primo dotato di una cupola girevole).
Joost Bürgi. Born in Switzerland, Bürgi acquired considerable skills in mathematics and astronomical observations and computations. In 1579, he became clockmaker and instrument-maker at the Kassel observatory, the first to be fitted with a revolving dome.
Born. 28 February 1552. Lichtensteig, St Gallen, Switzerland. Died. 31 January 1632. Kassel, Hesse-Kassel (now Germany) Summary. Jost Bürgi was a Swiss mathematician who discovered logarithms independently of the Scottish mathematician Napier. View two larger pictures. Biography.