Maria Cunitz or Maria Cunitia[1][2] (other versions of surname include: Cunicia, Cunitzin,[3] Kunic, Cunitiae, Kunicia, Kunicka; [4] 1610 – 22 August 1664) was an accomplished Silesian …

Mar 2, 2017 · In a long line of books written by famous men, I was taken aback to see one penned by an obscure woman: an astronomer named Maria Cunitz. I remember thinking: “A woman …

Maria Cunitz or Maria Cunitia was an accomplished German astronomer, and one of the most notable female astronomers of the modern era. She authored a book Urania propitia, in which …

Maria Cunitz was an astronomer who published simpler versions of Kepler's work. Maria Cunitz's parents were Maria Schultz and Henrich Cunitz and Maria was their eldest daughter. The date …

Maria Cunitz devoted her life to correcting the troublesome problems inherent in Johannes Kepler's Rudolphine Tables of planetary motion, which were based on the lifelong …

German astronomer remembered for revising Johannes Kepler 's Rudolphine Tables. Her Urania propitia siva tabulae astronomicae mire faciles (1650) greatly simplified Kepler's work. Cunitz …

Aug 22, 2018 · Maria Cunitz, a Silesian astronomer, died Aug. 22 (or Aug. 24), 1664, at the age of 60, or perhaps 54 (her birth year is debated; her birth date is unknown). Silesia was then …

Mar 2, 2025 · Maria Cunitz improved an algorithm published by the astronomer Kepler and then applied it to create a work more accurate than his. Very few women, until the 20th century …

Oct 26, 2019 · Maria was acclaimed as the most learned woman in astronomy since Hypatia of Alexandria. This remarkable woman lived during the 400s and was a prominent thinker of the …

Sep 26, 2024 · Maria Cunitz or Maria Cunitia (other versions of surname include: Cunicia, Cunitzin, Kunic, Cunitiae, Kunicia, Kunicka; 1610 – 22 August 1664) was an accomplished …