Playfair's geometry crosses the mediterranean: translation of an english geometry textbook into Arabic

• Autores: Gregg De Young
• Localización: The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science. Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010 / coord. por Antoni M. Roca Rosell, 2012, ISBN 978-84-9965-108-8, págs. 265-271
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Cornelius Van Alen Van Dyck (1818-1895), best known as a translator of the Bible into Arabic, also translated or wrote numerous Arabic textbooks on mathematics and the natural sciences. In this paper we examine his translation of Playfair’s Elements of Geometry into Arabic. We describe some of the interesting features of the translation itself and offer suggestions why Van Dyck chose to translate this textbook.