Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo · Science & Medicine
Physician, mathematician and astronomer; a student of Galileo who championed Copernican and telescopic astronomy in his scientific writings
1591, Candia, Crete (Republic of Venice) — 1655, Prague, Bohemia
Crete · Italy · Poland · Bohemia
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician, mathematician and astronomer; a student of Galileo who championed Copernican and telescopic astronomy in his scientific writings
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo was a physician, mathematician and astronomer who studied under Galileo at Padua and championed Copernican and telescopic astronomy in his scientific writings, notably Sefer Elim. A widely traveled scholar, he wrote on mathematics, science and philosophy in Hebrew. He was Jewish, descended from the noted Delmedigo family of rabbis and scholars.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Physician, mathematician and astronomer; a student of Galileo who championed Copernican and telescopic astronomy in his scientific writings
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
