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

Author:   Anthony Lo Bello
Publisher:   Brill Academic Publishers,US
Volume:   2
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9780391041936


Pages:   172
Publication Date:   01 June 2003
Format:   Hardback
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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


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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 22 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.

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Author:   Anthony Lo Bello
Publisher:   Brill Academic Publishers,US
Imprint:   Brill Academic Publishers,US
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780391041936


ISBN 10:   0391041932
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   01 June 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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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.

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