Būzǧānī, Abu-'l-Wafā Muḥammad
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Āqāyānī Čāwušī, Ǧaʿfar
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Āqāyānī Čāwušī, Ǧaʿfar
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Vitrac, Bernard
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Tarǧama-i Kitāb-i 'n-niǧāra (dar handasa-i ʿamalī)
= Kitab al-nejarat, sur ce qui est indispensable aux artisans dans les constructions géometriques
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Anmerkungen:
In arabischer Schrift, persisch ; Weitere Sprachfassung: Französisch
Beschreibung:
Abu ʾl-Wafāʾ Būzjānī (d. 388/998) was a mathematician and astronomer and a native of Būzjān near Nishapur. He studied arithmetic with two of his uncles, probably in Būzjān. When he was nineteen years old he went to Baghdad. There he further developed himself to become one of the leading scientists of his age, working at the Buyid court. He was a contemporary and protector of the chronicler of intellectual and artistic life in Baghdad at the time, Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī (d. circa 414/1023). In the bibliographical literature more than twenty works are ascribed to him, many of which were lost. The present work was originally written in Arabic under the title Kitāb fī mā yaḥtāj ilayhi ʾl-ṣāniʿ fī aʿmāl al-handasa . It is a groundbreaking work in that Būzjānī was the first to write a monograph on practical geometry as justified by the rules of theoretical geometry. Medieval Persian and French translation, with introductions and notes