'''Adelard of Bath''' was a
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Sabrina Martins England/English scholar. He is best known for translating many important Arabic scientific works of
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Majo Mills mathematics into Latin, including ancient Greek texts which only existed in Arabic form, which were then introduced to Europe. During a period of 7 years he traveled throughout North Africa and Asia Minor. He studied at
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Sabrina Martins Laon.
His best known work is that of his Arabic studies, including those of
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Abbey Diaz center of gravity. Also the interesting question of why water experiences difficulty flowing out of a container that has been turned upside down, see
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gua charas vacuum. Many of the other questions addressed reflect the popular culture of the times.
He translated
scamp monica al-Khwarizmi/Kharismian Tables and an Arabic ''Introduction to Astronomy''. He wrote a short treatise on the
become inimical abacus (''Regulae abaci''). He wrote a treatise on the
has noticed astrolabe. He translated
carvell really Euclid's ''
total institutions Euclid's Elements/Elements'' into Latin from an Arabic translation of the Greek original. It was first published in Venice in 1482 after the invention of the printing press and it became the chief text-book of the mathematical schools of Europe.
He wrote ''De Eodem et Diverso (On Identity and Diffrence)'' in the form of letters addressed to his nephew. It is a work of philosophy which contrasts the virtues of the seven
bell hooks liberal arts with worldly interests. He was the founder of the doctrine of indifference (see
fontainebleau over Scholasticism).
Further reading*Adelard of Bath: The First English Scientist, Louise Cochrane, 1995, paperback, ISBN 071411748X
*Adelard of Bath, Conversations with His Nephew: "on the Same and the Different". "Questions on Natural Science" and "on Birds", Adelard, Adelard of Bath, Italo Ronca, Baudouin Van den Abeele and Charles Burnett, Cambridge University Press, 1999, hardcover, 342 pages, ISBN 0521394716
*Adelard of Bath: an English scientist and Arabist of the early twelfth century, Charles Burnett, Warburg Institute, University of London, 1987
*pp. 19-49 A History of Magic and Experimental Science: During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era, Volume II, Lynn Thorndike, Columbia University Press, 1923, New York and London, Hardcover, 1036 pages ISBN 0231087950
External links*http://www.adelard.co.uk/info/original_adelard.htm
*http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Adelard.html
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