Pedro Nunes Salaciense

1502 - 1578

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Pedro Nunes or Nunez was a Portuguese scholar who worked in geometry, spherical trigonometry, algebra as well as geography, physics, and cosmology.
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List of References (5 books/articles)

Mathematicians born in the same country

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  1. The Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. H Leitao (in Portuguese)
  1. The Galileo Project
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