The Commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of Geometry

With an Introduction on the Transmission of Euclid's Elements in the Middle Ages
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-391-04192-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

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

For more than two millennia, the Elements of Geometry by the Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (ca. 300 B.C.E. ) was held to be “the supreme example of the exercise of human reason” and “a paradigm of rational certainty” (from the preface, after Simon Blackburn). The Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid’s Elements of Geometry introduces readers to the transmission of Euclid’s Elements from the Middle East to the Latin West in the medieval period and then offers the first English translation of al-Nayrizi’s (d. ca. 922) Arabic commentary on Book I.

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lo Bello, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Geometrie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie

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.