Philosophy
Summary:
The Jesuit scientist Christopher Clavius (1538-1612) has been the most influential teacher of the renaissance. His contributions to algebra, geometry, astronomy and cartography are enormous. He paved the way, with his texts and his teaching for 40 years in the the Collegio Romano, to the development of these sciences and their fruitful spread all around the World, along the commercial paths of Portugal,which become also the missionary paths for the Jesuits. The books of Clavius were translated into Chinese, by one of his students Matteo Ricci ”Li Madou” (1562-1610), and his influence for the development of science in China was crucial. The Jesuits become skilled astronomers, cartographers and mathematicians thanks to the example and the impulse given by Clavius. This success was possible also thanks to the contribution of Clavius in the definition of the ratio studiorum, the program of studies, in the Jesuit colleges, so influential for the whole history of modern Europe and all western World.
"Christopher Clavius astronomer and mathematician" by C. Sigismondi
Christopher Clavius [Wikipedia]
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Philosophy
Christopher Clavius [1537-1612]...the Euclid of the Sixteenth Century
Summary:
The Jesuit scientist Christopher Clavius (1538-1612) has been the most influential teacher of the renaissance. His contributions to algebra, geometry, astronomy and cartography are enormous. He paved the way, with his texts and his teaching for 40 years in the the Collegio Romano, to the development of these sciences and their fruitful spread all around the World, along the commercial paths of Portugal,which become also the missionary paths for the Jesuits. The books of Clavius were translated into Chinese, by one of his students Matteo Ricci ”Li Madou” (1562-1610), and his influence for the development of science in China was crucial. The Jesuits become skilled astronomers, cartographers and mathematicians thanks to the example and the impulse given by Clavius. This success was possible also thanks to the contribution of Clavius in the definition of the ratio studiorum, the program of studies, in the Jesuit colleges, so influential for the whole history of modern Europe and all western World.
"Christopher Clavius astronomer and mathematician" by C. Sigismondi
Christopher Clavius [Wikipedia]
- The Most Influential Work In Intellectual History
I found myself making the claim the other day that Euclid's Elements was the most influential work in intellectual history. It provided the deductive basis for mathematics that remains today. It is the first great example of a structured axiomatic...
- Ruder Boškovic And The Brera Observatory
Abstract... In the mid 18th century both theoretical and practical astronomy were cultivated in Milan by Barnabites and Jesuits. In 1763 Boscovich was appointed to the chair of mathematics of the University of Pavia in the Duchy of Milan, and the following...
- Riccioli...not A Cough Drop But An Astronomer
A paper on Giovanni Battista Riccioli... What can physics students learn about science from those scientists who got the answers wrong? Your students probably have encountered little science history. What they have encountered probably has portrayed...
- Giovanni Battista Riccioli And Jupiter's Cloud Belts
"The recent disappearance of one of Jupiter‟s cloud belts...has attracted significant attention from the scientific media (Phillips 2010). While this recent disappearance of a cloud belt is dramatic, changes in the clouds of Jupiter occur from time...
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More like a titanic stranglehold and a last ditch effort by the Chinese Communist Party. Time will tell, but I imagine that the politics of an emerging China will change and become more democratic. "Battling the Information Barbarians" China often views...