References for Adelard
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- M Clagett, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Adelard_of_Bath.aspx
- Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003712/Adelard-Of-Bath
Books:
- C Burnett (ed.), Adelard of Bath. An English scientist and Arabist of the early twelfth century (London, 1987).
- J E Murdoch, The medieval Euclid : Salient aspects of the translations of the 'Elements' by Adelard of Bath and Campanus of Novara, in 1970 Actes XIIe Congrès Internat. d'Histoire des Sciences Tome I A : Colloques : Textes des Rapports (Paris, 1968).
Articles:
- A Allard, L'époque d'Adélard et les chiffres arabes dans les manuscrits latins d'arithmétique, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 37-43.
- U Barcaro, The gravitational theory of Adelard of Bath (Italian), Physis Riv. Internaz. Storia Sci. (N.S.) 29 (2) (1992), 299-318.
- C Burnett, Catalogue : the writings of Adelard of Bath and closely associated works, together with the manuscripts in which they occur, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 163-196.
- C Burnett, Adelard, Ergaphalau and the science of the stars, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 133-145.
- C Burnett, Adelard, music and the quadrivium, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 69-86.
- C Burnett and L Cochrane, Adelard and the 'Mappae clavicula', in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 29-32.
- M Clagett, The medieval Latin translations from the Arabic of the Elements of Euclid, with special emphasis on the versions of Adelard of Bath, Isis 44 (1953), 16-42.
- D Evans, Adelard on falconry, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 25-27.
- M Folkerts, Adelard's versions of Euclid's 'Elements', in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 55-68.
- M Gibson, Adelard of Bath, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 7-16.
- C H Haskins, Studies in the History of Medieval Science (Cambridge, Mass, 1927), 20-42.
- R Lorch, Some remarks on the Arabic-Latin Euclid, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 45-54.
- E Poulle, Le traité de l'astrolabe d'Adélard de Bath, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 119-132.
- G Sarton, Introduction to the history of science II (Baltimore, 1931, 167-169.
- L Thorndike, A history of magic and experimental science II (New York, 1923), 19-49.
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