Gerard of Cremona's Translation of the Commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of Geometry

With an Introductory Account of the Twenty-Two Early Extant Arabic Manuscripts of the Elements
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-391-04193-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Reihe: Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts, Medieval Philosophy, Mathematics, and Science

Anthony Lo Bello’s Gerard of Cremona’s Translation of Book I of the Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Euclid’s Elements of Geometry is the first modern translation of Gerard of Cremona’s (1114–1187) Latin version of al-Nayrizi’s famous Arabic commentary. Lo Bello gives an introductory account of the twenty-two early extant Arabic manuscripts of the Elements, an annotated English translation of Gerard’s translation of al-Nayrizi’s commentary, and finally a critical analysis of the idiosyncrasies of Gerard’s method of translation.

The Three Volumes are also available as set (ISBN 0 391 04197 5)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lo Bello, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Geometrie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Lo Bello received his Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from Yale University in 1975 under the supervision of S. Kakutani. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at Allegheny College, Meadville Pennsylvania.