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[[File:De astrologica ratione (1607) - Giovanni Antonio Magini.jpg|thumb|175px|link=De astrologica ratione (nonfiction)|Mathematician and astronomer [[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Antonio Magini]] was an ardent astrologer, defending its use in medicine in his ''[[De astrologica ratione (nonfiction)|De astrologica ratione]]'' (Venice, 1607).]] | [[File:De astrologica ratione (1607) - Giovanni Antonio Magini.jpg|thumb|175px|link=De astrologica ratione (nonfiction)|Mathematician and geocentric astronomer [[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Antonio Magini]] was an ardent astrologer, defending its use in medicine in his ''[[De astrologica ratione (nonfiction)|De astrologica ratione]]'' (Venice, 1607).]] | ||
• ... that astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and mathematician '''[[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Antonio Magini]]''' devised his own geocentric planetary theory, and that the Maginian System consisted of eleven rotating spheres, which he described in his ''Novæ cœlestium orbium theoricæ congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici'' (Venice, 1589)? | • ... that astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and mathematician '''[[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Antonio Magini]]''' devised his own geocentric planetary theory, and that the Maginian System consisted of eleven rotating spheres, which he described in his ''Novæ cœlestium orbium theoricæ congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici'' (Venice, 1589)? | ||
• ... that '''[[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Magini]]''' also described the use of quadrants in surveying and astronomy, devised extremely accurate trigonometric tables, worked on the geometry of the sphere and applications of trigonometry (for which he invented calculating devices), and published on the theory of concave spherical mirrors? | • ... that '''[[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Magini]]''' also described the use of quadrants in surveying and astronomy, devised extremely accurate trigonometric tables, worked on the geometry of the sphere and applications of trigonometry (for which he invented calculating devices), and published on the theory of concave spherical mirrors? | ||
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Mathematician and geocentric astronomer Giovanni Antonio Magini was an ardent astrologer, defending its use in medicine in his De astrologica ratione (Venice, 1607).
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• ... that astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and mathematician Giovanni Antonio Magini devised his own geocentric planetary theory, and that the Maginian System consisted of eleven rotating spheres, which he described in his Novæ cœlestium orbium theoricæ congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici (Venice, 1589)?
• ... that Magini also described the use of quadrants in surveying and astronomy, devised extremely accurate trigonometric tables, worked on the geometry of the sphere and applications of trigonometry (for which he invented calculating devices), and published on the theory of concave spherical mirrors?