Magnus Pegel
Magnus level, also Magnus Pegelius ( born May 15, 1547 Rostock, † 1619 in Stettin) was a German physician and mathematician.
Life
Magnus level was the son of the professor of rhetoric Konrad level. In 1569 he earned the degree of Master of Arts, in the following year his doctorate at the Faculty of Medicine with a treatise on the plague. In Rostock, he taught mathematics and astrology, in 1579, he was appointed as professor of mathematics in Helmstedt. 1581 he returned to Rostock and was appointed here in 1591 as a full professor of mathematics. In 1589 he eventually married a daughter of the mayor of Rostock. Level tied early contacts with exceptional scholars of his time such as Tycho Brahe or Jost Bürgi. 1593 came it to the imperial privilege to protect parts of his works. He was dean and 1593/94 for one semester university rector in Rostock, saying already made for German -language lectures.
Together with Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler was level 1605 Advisor of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. 1611 he returned to Rostock, lived there impoverished and took a teaching position in 1615 the Duke of Pomerania in Stettin on Felipe II.
Level is considered the father of blood transfusion, dealt with intravenous injection ( Chirurgia infusoria ) and developed a forceps. Throughout his life fought for a level -based experiments mechanics.
1604 appeared to be risky for the timer Thesaurus rerum Selectarum magnarum, dignarum, utilium, marinus, per genere human. In this he commented on several of his time futuristic -sounding projects and described the theoretical assumptions in the construction of airships, submarines, ship bridges, automatic firearms, waterworks and stoves, as well as the art of memory. He has represented the idea of evolution of species.
Works
- Disputation de peste
- University seu mundi Diatyposis
- Thesaurus rerum Selectarum
- Aphorismi theSum Selectarum