Mathematician:Campanus of Novara

Mathematician

Italian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and physician who is best known for his work on Euclid's The Elements.

Nationality

Italian

History

• Born: c. 1220 in Novara
• Died: 1296 in Viterbo

Publications

• 1255 -- 1259: Elementa (a translation of Euclid's The Elements)
• 1261 -- 1264: Theorica planetarum
• 1268: Computus maior
• 1268+: Tractatus de sphera

• De quadratura circuli
• De quadrante
• Tres circulos in astrolapsu descriptos
• Tractatus de astrologia indicaria

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Campanus of Novara": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive