Abner of Burgos: The Missing Link between Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and Nicolaus Copernicus?

IF 0.1 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Zutot Pub Date : 2018-08-14 DOI:10.1163/18750214-12151070

Michael Nosonovsky

引用次数: 3

Abstract

The geometrical theorem known as the ‘Tusi couple’ was first discovered by Persian astronomer Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274). The Tusi couple was believed to be discovered for Europeans by Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) and it played an important role in the development of his planetary system. It has been suggested by Willy Hartner, that Copernicus borrowed it from al-Tusi, however, a particular way of transmission is not known. In this article I show that Spanish-Jewish author Abner of Burgos (1270–1340) was familiar with the Tusi couple and followed Tusi’s notation in his diagrams. This may provide a missing link in the transmission of the Muslim astronomic knowledge to Europe and advance our understanding of the European Renaissance as a multicultural phenomenon.

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布尔戈斯的阿布纳：纳西尔·丁·图西和尼古拉斯·哥白尼之间缺失的联系？

被称为“Tusi夫妇”的几何定理最早由波斯天文学家Nasir al-Din al-Tusi（1201-1274）发现。图西夫妇被认为是尼古拉斯·哥白尼（1473-1543）为欧洲人发现的，它在他的行星系统的发展中发挥了重要作用。Willy Hartner提出，哥白尼是从al-Tusi那里借来的，然而，一种特殊的传播方式尚不清楚。在这篇文章中，我展示了西班牙犹太作家布尔戈斯的阿布纳（1270–1340）熟悉Tusi夫妇，并在他的图表中遵循Tusi的注释。这可能为穆斯林天文学知识向欧洲的传播提供了一个缺失的环节，并促进了我们对欧洲文艺复兴作为一种多元文化现象的理解。

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