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