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Oresme, Nicole
Born circa 1323 in Oresme, Normandy; died 1382 in Lisieux. French mathematician, physicist, and economist. Oresme made one of the first attempts to construct a rectilinear coordinate system, and he introduced such concepts of mechanics as acceleration and the average rate of uniformly changing motion. In 1368 he introduced the use of fractional exponents. His Traité de la sphère (Treatise on the Sphere) played a significant role in the development of French astronomical and geographical terminology. WORKSAlgorismus proportianum. Edited by E. L. W. Curtz. Berlin, 1868.REFERENCESTrudy Instituta istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki, vol. 1. Moscow-Leningrad, 1947. Pages 283–314.Ibid., vol. 34. Moscow, 1960. Pages 343–49. Pedersen, O. “Nicole Oresme, og hans naturfilosofiske system ….” In Le Livre du ciel et du monde (doctoral dissertation). Copenhagen, 1956. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | And of course the very foundations of science rest on the work of medieval clerics like Albert the Great, Roger Bacon, and Nicholas Oresme. The names of Jordanus Nemorarius, Jean Buridan, John Philoponus, Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon, Nicholas of Oresme, and Leon Battista Alberti may not be known to many, even to many contemporary scientists. The principle of methodological naturalism had its origins in pre-Socratic philosophy, was revived by medieval natural philosophers like Nicole Oresme and informed the work of Galileo, Newton and Francis Bacon. |
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