Pedro Nunes
Also known as Peter Nonius, Peter Nunez, Nonius Salaciensis, Pedro Nuñez, Pedro Nunes, o Núñez
Portuguese mathematician (1502–1578)
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- Born
- 1502
- Died
- 1578
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- 12
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- Petri Nonii ... De art atqve ratione navigandi libri dvo
- Libro de algebra en arithmetica y geometria
- Tratado que Pero Nunez fez em defensam da carta de Marear
- Defensa︢o do tratado da rumaça︢o do globo para a arte de navegar
- Beiträge zur vergleichung der methode der algebra im sechzehnten jahrhunderte mit der in unseren tage, oder
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Pedro Nunes ( Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu ˈnunɨʃ]; Latin: Petrus Nonius; 1502 – 11 August 1578) was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family.
Considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, Nunes is best known for being the first to approach navigation and cartography with mathematical tools. Among other accomplishments, he was the first to propose the idea of a loxodrome (a rhumb line), and was the inventor of several measuring devices, including the nonius (from which the Vernier scale was derived), named after his Latin surname.
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