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| Personal background |
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Philippus Lansbergen was born in Gent (Belgium) on the 25th of August 1561 and died in Middelburg (The Netherlands) on the 8th of December 1632. He lived in the time of Kepler and Galileï. In his lifetime he studied theology, mathematics and astronomy!
Philippus worked on astronomy on both the theological and the mathematical side. He published about the astronomical Quadrant, solar clocks, geometry, triangle measures and sphere-triangular measures. He develloped a complete trigonometric table, which was called "the golden thesis" by Kepler. He calculated the circumfence of a circle with 22/7. This was very strange because in that time they only knew approximation calculations. He designed a solar clock which was later build and exhibitioned.
That is why the founders of the Public Observatory "Philippus Lansbergen" in Middelburg (The Netherlands) named the observatory after him.
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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The liberal thoughts of Philippus Lansbergen made him suspected in his time. This was intensified when they found out that he supported the theory of Copernicus which was convicted by Roman church and was contrary to the bible.
Philippus Lansbergen was a man of new ideas, so we think he would have supported the idea of other intelligent lifeforms populating the skies. By giving Philippus his own SETI@Home account the volunteers of the Public Observatory "Philippus Lansbergen" hope that the SETI research will continue in his name.
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