Domenico Maria da Novara

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Domenico Maria da Novara (also Domenico Maria da Novara or Ploti Ferrariensis; * July 29 or August 1, 1454 in Ferrara ; † August 15 or August 18, 1504 in Bologna ) was a mathematician , astronomer and astrologer ; since 1483 he was a professor at the University of Bologna .

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Domenico Maria da Novara described himself as a student of Regiomontanus , who had taught mathematics and astronomy in Vienna . At the beginning of the 16th century, astronomy and astrology were not clearly separated. Novara saw himself as someone who created the mathematical basis for personal and political forecasting through precise observation.

He was considered an excellent observer; he had doubts about the Ptolemaic geocentric world system at the time , as marginal notes in books show. He is likely to have conveyed these doubts to his talented pupil while studying the teachings of Regiomontanus and Georg von Peuerbach . The two authors had a detailed commentary on the Almagest of Claudius Ptolemy wrote, which was reissued in Venice 1496th

Domenico Maria da Novara is considered the teacher and mentor of Nicolaus Copernicus . According to Copernicus De revolutionibus orbium coelestium , both observed an occultation of the star Aldebaran by the moon on March 9, 1497 , and a conjunction of Saturn with the moon on January 9, 1500 and March 4, 1500 .

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  • Giancarlo Truffa: Novara, Domenico Maria there. In: Thomas Hockey (Ed.): The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Volume 2: M - Z. Springer, New York NY 2007, ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0 , pp. 840-841, doi : 10.1007 / 978-0-387-30400-7_1021 .
  • Volker Witt: The historical observatory "La Specola" in Bologna. In: Stars and Space. Vol. 44, No. 1, 2005, ISSN  0039-1263 , pp. 76-81.

Remarks

  1. ^ Robert S. Westman: The Copernican Question. Prognostication, Skepticism, and Celestial Order. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 2011, ISBN 978-0-520-25481-7 , Part 1, 3.
  2. Novara had a reprint of Archimedes' "sand calculator" with the report on Aristarchus with Regiomontan's marginal note "It is necessary to change the movement of the stars a little because of the movement of the earth" ARISTARCH OF SAMOS THE COPERNICUS OF ANCIENT .
  3. ^ Robert S. Westman (Ed.): The Copernican Achievement (= UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Contributions. Vol. 7). University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 1975, ISBN 0-520-02877-5 , p. 65.

further reading

  • Maximilian Curtze : Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara, the teacher of Copernicus in Bologna . In: Old Prussian monthly. Vol. 6, 1869, ISSN  0258-4077 , pp. 735-743, online .
  • Maximilian Curtze: Corrections to the essay: Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara. In: Old Prussian monthly. Vol. 7, 1870, pp. 253-256.
  • Maximilian Curtze: About some previously unknown printed writings by Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara. In: Old Prussian monthly. Vol. 7, 1870, pp. 515-521.
  • Maximilian Curtze: Further notes on previously unknown printed writings by Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara . In: Old Prussian monthly . Vol. 7, 1870, pp. 726-727.
  • Edward Rosen: Novara. In: Charles Coulston Gillispie (Ed.): Dictionary of Scientific Biography . Volume 10: SG Navashin - W. Piso. Scribner, New York NY 1981, ISBN 0-684-16967-3 , pp. 153-154.