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J. L. Berggren

Author of Ptolemy's "Geography": An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters

12+ Works 126 Members 2 Reviews

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Includes the names: Lennart Berggren, J. Lennart Berggren

Works by J. L. Berggren

Ptolemy's "Geography": An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters (2000) 50 copies

Pi: A Source Book (1997) — Author — 32 copies, 1 review

Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam (1986) 23 copies, 1 review

Euclid's Phanomena: A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Treatise in Spherical Astronomy (2006) 5 copies

Mathematik im mittelalterlichen Islam (2010) 4 copies

EUCLID'S PHAENOMENA TRANSLATN (Sources and Studies in the History and Philosophy of Classical Science) (1996) 3 copies

Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam (2017) 3 copies

Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam (2016) 2 copies

Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam by J.L. Berggren (1986-12-01) (1724) 1 copy

Euclid's Phaenomena : a translation and study of a hellenistic treatise in spherical astronomy (1996) 1 copy

Vattenverket i Härnösands centralort : drift och hygienfrågor 1 copy

Bohus slott och gamla Kungälv i bilder 1 copy

Associated Works

Science and Mathematics in Ancient Greek Culture (2002) — Contributor — 7 copies

From Alexandria, Through Baghdad: Surveys and Studies in the Ancient Greek and Medieval Islamic Mathematical Sciences… (2013) — Contributor — 7 copies

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Legal name: Berggren, John Lennart
Birthdate: 1941
Gender: male
Education: University of Washington (BSc, MSc, PhD)
Occupations: professor
mathematician
Organizations: Simon Fraser University

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Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam by J.L. Berggren

Interesting and fairly readable. Focuses on the mathematics, but with some history stirred in to make it pink.

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Works: 12
Also by: 2
Members: 126
Popularity: #159,216
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 26
Languages: 1

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