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[[File:Jan_Brożek.jpg|thumb|Jan Brożek.]]'''Jan Brożek''' ('''Ioannes Broscius''', '''Joannes Broscius''' or '''Johannes Broscius'''; November 1585 – 21 November 1652) was a Polish polymath: a [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]], astronomer, physician, poet, writer, musician and rector of the Kraków Academy.

He was the most prominent Polish mathematician of the 17th century, working on the theory of numbers (particularly perfect numbers) and [[Geometry (nonfiction)|geometry]].

He also studied medicine, theology and geodesy. Among the problems he addressed was why bees create hexagonal honeycombs; he demonstrated that this is the most efficient way of using wax and storing honey.

He contributed to a greater knowledge of [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Nicolaus Copernicus]]' theories and was his ardent supporter and early prospective biographer.

Around 1612 he visited the chapter at Warmia and with the knowledge of Prince-Bishop Simon Rudnicki took from there a number of letters and documents in order to publish them, which he never did. He contributed to a better version of a short biography of Copernicus by Simon Starowolski. "Following his death, his entire collection was lost"; thus "Copernicus' unpublished work probably suffered the greatest damage at the hands of Johannes Broscius."

Brożek died at Bronowice, now a district of Kraków. 

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* [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]]
* [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)]]

External links:

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Bro%C5%BCek Jan Brożek] @ Wikipedia

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