Adelard of Bath (1075-1160)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3398. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Born in Bath, England, a teacher and translator of scientific work from the Arabic, Adelard traveled in France, Italy, Syria and Palestine. On returning to Bath, he translated Euclid's Elements from Arabic, and his translation became for centuries the chief geometry textbook in the West. He also translated the zij (astronomical table) of Muhammed ibn Musa al-Khwarazmi. He wrote works on the abacu...

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