Giuseppe Biancani
Giuseppe Biancani ( Latinized Josephus Blancanus ; born March 8, 1566 in Bologna , † June 7, 1624 in Parma ) was an Italian Jesuit clergyman, astronomer and mathematician .
The lunar crater Blancanus is named after him.
Works
- De mathematicarum Natura dissertatio. Una cum Clarorum mathematicorum chronologia (Bologna 1615)
- Aristotelis loca mathematica ex universes ipsius operibus collecta et explicata (Bologna 1615)
- Sphaera mundi, seu cosmographia demonstrativa, ac facili methodo tradita (Bologna 1619)
- Constructio instrumenti ad horologia solaria (1635)
- Echometria, id est Geometrica traditio de Echo (Modena 1635)
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- Augustin et Alois de Backer: Bibliothèque des écrivains de la compagnie de Jésus, ou Notices bibliographiques. Première Série , Grandmont-Donders, Liège, 1853-1861, p. 91; on-line
- Giuseppe Biancani in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biancani, Giuseppe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blancanus, Josephus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Jesuit, astronomer and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1566 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1624 |
| Place of death | Parma |