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5 unusual facts about Christoph Scheiner


Christoph Scheiner

In 1611, Scheiner observed sunspots; in 1612 he published the "Apelles letters" in Augsburg.

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They provided one of many reasons for the subsequent unpleasant argument between Scheiner and Galileo Galilei.

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One of Scheiner’s letters to Leopold from 1626 informs the Archduke that Galilei is not to hear of Scheiner’s work concerning the sunspots.

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The inventory of Leopold’s library contains works by Tycho Brahe and Galileo Galilei: Leopold lead a friendly correspondence with Galilei.

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At last he had time for mathematical books, among them Galilei’s Il saggiatore, which contains plagiarisms of Scheiner’s work while accusing the Jesuit of plagiarizing himself.



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