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> The wiki seems to indicate not except the book of optics? Not sure how you reached that conclusion. Perhaps it would be helpful to search for 'Latin' in that
by gilleain 4y ago
> The wiki seems to indicate not except the book of optics?
Not sure how you reached that conclusion. Perhaps it would be helpful to search for 'Latin' in that wiki page. There's a reason why so many of these Islamic figures had Latinised names - Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi -> 'Rhazes' or Ibn al-Haytham -> 'Al-hazen'. Their works, as with other scholars, were translated into Latin so that they could be read in Europe.
There's a reason why the word 'Algorithm' starts with 'Al' - the etymology comes from the name 'Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm#History
- libraryatnight 4y agoYeah that's a bad read on my part - sorry for that. Removed that bit :) And thank you for the information!