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Theodosius: Sphaerica

Arabic and Medieval Latin Translations Edited by Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch

Paul Kunitzsch, Richard Lorch (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

431 Seiten

2010
Franz Steiner Verlag
978-3-515-09288-3 (ISBN)

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Theodosius' 'Sphaerica', on the geometry of the sphere, was one of many Greek mathematical works translated into Arabic in ninth-century Baghdad. It was also one of the mathematical works translated from Arabic into Latin in the twelfth century as part of the 'Little Renaissance' in the West. In this book one Arabic translation is edited, accompanied by Gerard of Cremona's Latin translation. The edition is followed by a mathematical summary for modern readers. This parallel Arabic-Latin edition can be regarded as a model for the treatment of scientific texts from classical antiquity that have reached us through a series of translations.

Paul Kunitzsch is professor emeritus of Arabic at the University of Munich. His research has been centred on the transmission of science, especially astronomy and astrology, from Ancient Greece to Arabia and from Arabia to medieval Europe.

"This parallel Arabic-Latin edition can be regarded as a model for the treatment of scientific texts from classical antiquity that have reached us through a series of translations." Mathematical Reviews 2011/j

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.4.2010
Reihe/Serie	Boethius ; Band 62
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	864 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	ca.NNV77 • Geschichte • Hardcover, Softcover / Mathematik/Geometrie • Sphaerica • Sphaerica (Theodosios von Bithynien) • Theodosios von Bithynien • Theodosius • Universitäts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	3-515-09288-9 / 3515092889
ISBN-13	978-3-515-09288-3 / 9783515092883
Zustand	Neuware