Theodosius - Sphaerica: Arabic and Medieval Latin Translations (Boethius: Texte Und Abhandlungen Zur Geschichte Der Mathematik Und Der Naturwissenschaften, 62) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3515092889 ISBN 13: 9783515092883

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010

Synopsis

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 Antiquity that reached us through a series of translations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3515092889
• ISBN 13: 9783515092883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 431
• Editor: Kunitzsch Paul, Lorch Richard