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RENAISSANCE
Mathematics Teaching in
Renaissance
Marked with many inventions, like
printing machine, that cater to the
needs of emerging industries.
Saw the added effect of the Act of
Uniformity in the establishment of the
Dissident Academies, many of whom
were more open to the mathematical
sciences that the traditional Grammar
Schools and Universities.
MATHEMATICIANS OF
THE RENAISSANCE
PERIOD
Known as a
mathematical and
astronomical prodigy
at a very early age
Made important
contributions to
trigonometry and
astronomy
Wrote De triangulis
omnimodis (1464), a
systematic account of
methods for solving
triangles.
Also worked on
the examining
which
geometrical
problems could
be solved with a
compass set in a
fixed position