Valentinus Otho

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Valentinus Otho

Physics

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Astronomy

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Valentinus Otho's Degrees

• Doctorate Astronomy Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Why Is Valentinus Otho Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Valentinus Otho was a German mathematician and astronomer. Life In 1573 he came to Wittenberg, proposing to Johannes Praetorius an approximation of pi . In 1575 he supported Georg Joachim Rheticus in his trigonometric tables. The next year they went to Kaschau in Hungary where Rheticus died. Thus, Otho inherited the De revolutionibus manuscript of Nicolaus Copernicus that Rheticus had published in 1543 in Nuremberg.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Valentinus Otho?

Valentinus Otho is affiliated with the following schools:

• Heidelberg University
• Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg