Mathematics Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Relationship with astrology and esotericism == Some renowned mathematicians have also been considered to be renowned astrologists; for example, [[Ptolemy]], Arab astronomers, [[Regiomantus]], [[Gerolamo Cardano|Cardano]], [[Kepler]], or [[John Dee]]. In the Middle Ages, astrology was considered a science that included mathematics. In his encyclopedia, [[Theodor Zwinger]] wrote that astrology was a mathematical science that studied the "active movement of bodies as they act on other bodies". He reserved to mathematics the need to "calculate with probability the influences [of stars]" to foresee their "conjunctions and oppositions".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beaujouan |first=Guy |url={{GBurl|id=92n7ZE8Iww8C|p=130}} |title=Comprendre et maîtriser la nature au Moyen Age: mélanges d'histoire des sciences offerts à Guy Beaujouan |date=1994 |publisher=Librairie Droz |isbn=978-2-600-00040-6 |page=130 |language=fr |access-date=January 3, 2023 }}</ref> Astrology is no longer considered a science.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'astrologie à l'épreuve : ça ne marche pas, ça n'a jamais marché ! / Afis Science – Association française pour l'information scientifique |url=https://www.afis.org/L-astrologie-a-l-epreuve-ca-ne-marche-pas-ca-n-a-jamais-marche |access-date=December 28, 2022 |website=Afis Science – Association française pour l’information scientifique |language=fr |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129204349/https://www.afis.org/L-astrologie-a-l-epreuve-ca-ne-marche-pas-ca-n-a-jamais-marche |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page