Nicholas Oresme (Nicole Oresme, Nicole d'Oresme), 1323-1383. Medieval theologian and philosopher, a critic of Aristotelianism. He was a pupil of Buridan. 1. Catholic Encyclopedia: Nicole Oresme - Article by Pierre Duhem on this medieval scientific thinker. 2. On the Book of the Heavens and the World of Aristotle - An excerpt from the Menut and Denomy translation of Oresme's commentary on De Caelo. 3. Oresme - Biography of this 14th-century scholar, from the MacTutor History of Mathematics. Includes bibliography. 4. World of Scientific Biography: Oresme, Nicole - A brief note on this scholar's scientific writings. 5. Nicole Oresme - Biography by Ulrich Taschow complemented with bibliography and selections from his works.

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