Mathematician:Hipparchus of Nicaea

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Mathematician

Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician of Turkish origin.

Derived the first known set of trigonometrical tables.

Discovered the precession of the equinoxes.


Nationality

Greek, of Turkish origin.


History

  • Born: c. 190 BCE, Nicaea, Bithynia (now Iznik, Turkey)
  • Died: c. 120 BCE, Rhodes


Discoveries

  • Precession of Equinoxes


Publications

  • Τῶν Ἀράτου καὶ Εὐδόξου φαινομένων ἐξήγησις ("Commentary on the Phaenomena of Eudoxus and Aratus")
  • c 150 BCE: Trigonometrical Tables


Sources