Geometry, Reformation, and Counter Reformation in a Letter from Adriaan von Roomen to Clavius (July 1st, 1597)

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Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Carlos Henrique Barbosa
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Oliveira, Zaqueu Vieira
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Circumscribere
Texto Completo: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/566
Resumo: In this paper, we analyse a letter from Adrianus Romanus (1561-1615) to Christoph Clavius (1538-1612), dated 1 july 1597. As a source for history of science, this letter brings in the foreground traces of a close cooperation between these two men as regards technical mathematical questions, mainly the so-called Apollonian Problem. Still in the foreground, the letter informs us about some of the questions that were occupying the European mathematitians at that moment, namely the squaring of the circle, the computation of the measure of sides of polygons and the construction of trigonometric tables. In the background, we can see in the studied text how the treatment of these questions was silently affected by politico-religious issues linked to the tension between catholicism and protestantism. In an appendix, we present a translation of the Latin original text of the letter to Portuguese.
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spelling Geometry, Reformation, and Counter Reformation in a Letter from Adriaan von Roomen to Clavius (July 1st, 1597)Geometria, Reforma e Contra-Reforma na Carta de 1 de julho de 1597, de Adriaan van Roomen para ClaviusIn this paper, we analyse a letter from Adrianus Romanus (1561-1615) to Christoph Clavius (1538-1612), dated 1 july 1597. As a source for history of science, this letter brings in the foreground traces of a close cooperation between these two men as regards technical mathematical questions, mainly the so-called Apollonian Problem. Still in the foreground, the letter informs us about some of the questions that were occupying the European mathematitians at that moment, namely the squaring of the circle, the computation of the measure of sides of polygons and the construction of trigonometric tables. In the background, we can see in the studied text how the treatment of these questions was silently affected by politico-religious issues linked to the tension between catholicism and protestantism. In an appendix, we present a translation of the Latin original text of the letter to Portuguese.Neste trabalho, analisamos uma carta de Adrianus Romanus (1561-1615) para Christoph Clavius (1538-1612), datada de 1 de julho de 1597. Como fonte para a história da ciência, essa carta nos traz, em primeiro plano, indicativos de uma cooperação estreita entre esses dois homens com relação às questões técnicas da matemática, destacadamente com relação ao chamado Problema Apoloniano. Ainda nesse plano, a carta informa-nos sobre algumas das questões que ocupavam os matemáticos europeus daquele momento, a saber, a quadratura do círculo, o cálculo da medida de lados de polígonos e a construção de tabelas trigonométricas. Em um segundo plano, podemos ver, no texto analisado, como o tratamento dessas questões matemáticas era silenciosamente afetado por questões político-religiosas ligadas à tensão entre catolicismo e protestantismo. Em apêndice, apresentamos uma tradução do texto original em latim da carta para o português.Centro Simão Mathias de Estudos em História da Ciência2008-03-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionHistorical Inquiry; Documentsapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/566Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; Vol. 3 (2007); 11-19Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; v. 3 (2007); 11-191980-7651reponame:Circumscribereinstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)instacron:PUC_SPenghttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/566/421Gonçalves, Carlos Henrique BarbosaOliveira, Zaqueu Vieirainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2017-10-25T00:22:08Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/566Revistahttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhcPRIhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/oai||circumhc@pucsp.br1980-76511980-7651opendoar:2017-10-25T00:22:08Circumscribere - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)false
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Geometria, Reforma e Contra-Reforma na Carta de 1 de julho de 1597, de Adriaan van Roomen para Clavius
title Geometry, Reformation, and Counter Reformation in a Letter from Adriaan von Roomen to Clavius (July 1st, 1597)
spellingShingle Geometry, Reformation, and Counter Reformation in a Letter from Adriaan von Roomen to Clavius (July 1st, 1597)
Gonçalves, Carlos Henrique Barbosa
title_short Geometry, Reformation, and Counter Reformation in a Letter from Adriaan von Roomen to Clavius (July 1st, 1597)
title_full Geometry, Reformation, and Counter Reformation in a Letter from Adriaan von Roomen to Clavius (July 1st, 1597)
title_fullStr Geometry, Reformation, and Counter Reformation in a Letter from Adriaan von Roomen to Clavius (July 1st, 1597)
title_full_unstemmed Geometry, Reformation, and Counter Reformation in a Letter from Adriaan von Roomen to Clavius (July 1st, 1597)
title_sort Geometry, Reformation, and Counter Reformation in a Letter from Adriaan von Roomen to Clavius (July 1st, 1597)
author Gonçalves, Carlos Henrique Barbosa
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description In this paper, we analyse a letter from Adrianus Romanus (1561-1615) to Christoph Clavius (1538-1612), dated 1 july 1597. As a source for history of science, this letter brings in the foreground traces of a close cooperation between these two men as regards technical mathematical questions, mainly the so-called Apollonian Problem. Still in the foreground, the letter informs us about some of the questions that were occupying the European mathematitians at that moment, namely the squaring of the circle, the computation of the measure of sides of polygons and the construction of trigonometric tables. In the background, we can see in the studied text how the treatment of these questions was silently affected by politico-religious issues linked to the tension between catholicism and protestantism. In an appendix, we present a translation of the Latin original text of the letter to Portuguese.
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