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	Adelard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cilicia was on the north east coast of the Mediterranean Sea and Adelard took the natural coastal route round the east end of the Mediterranean to Syria and then later to Palestine.
		Adelard made Latin translations of Euclid's Elements from Arabic sources which were for centuries the chief geometry textbooks in the West.
		Adelard also wrote arithmetic books, the earliest one of which was written before he studied Arabic arithmetic.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Adelard.html (994 words)

	Adelard of Bath Biography / Biography of Adelard of Bath 700 To 1449: Mathematics Biography
		Adelard of Bath Biography / Biography of Adelard of Bath 700 To 1449: Mathematics Biography
		The contributions made by Adelard of Bath to mathematical knowledge were primarily in the area of scholarship, translation, and historical writing rather than original theory.
		Thanks to Adelard, Western scientists were also introduced to the concept of astronomical tables, and other works by him exposed them to trigonometry, as well as the abacus and the astrolabe.
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	Adelard of Bath, the first English Scientist 11thC.
		Bath had been badly damaged and was sold to the newly appointed Bishop of WELLS for £500.
		Adelard is thought to have attended the school of the Benedictine.
		Adelard`s translation, was used by Roger Bacon in the next century and became the basis of all editions in Europe until 1533.
	www.brlsi.org /adelard.htm (1266 words)

	Adelard of Bath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ADELARD OF BATH (Adelhardus Barthoniensis) — philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, b.
		According to Adelard of Bath, the same reality is the object of philosophical and scientific knowledge, but as reality is grasped under different aspect.
		Bliemetzrieder, Adelard von Bath, Mn 1935; E.J. Dijksterjuis, De mechanisering von het wereldeeld, A 1952; Gilson HFS (passim); Adelard of Bath.
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	MuslimHeritage.com - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adelard of Bath and Daniel of Morley are the two most influential English scientists, not just because they were amongst the very first, but also because they brought in some fundamental elements into English, and Western, intellectual life.
		Thus, Adelard was an abacist at the beginning of his career and later became an algorist, the earliest (or one of the earliest) of them.
		Adelard's masterpiece is a collection of Natural Questions, which gave him the opportunity to publish Islamic knowledge on a variety of subjects.
	www.muslimheritage.com /islamonline/features/default.cfm?Page=3&ArticleID=444 (2002 words)

	Adelard of Bath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is best known for translating many important Arabic scientific works of astrology, astronomy, philosophy and mathematics into Latin, including ancient Greek texts which only existed in Arabic form, which were then introduced to Europe.
		He was the founder of the doctrine of indifference (see Scholasticism).
		Adelard of Bath, Conversations with His Nephew: "on the Same and the Different".
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adelard_of_Bath (389 words)

	Science, civilization and society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adelard's fame rests, however, mainly on his many translations of philosophical and scientific texts from Arabic into Latin.
		Although it is attributed to Adelard and was quoted by later scholars as one of his works, it is of uncertain provenance.
		Adelard also translated al-Khwarizmi's tables and wrote on the abacus and on the astrolabe.
	www.incois.gov.in /Tutor/adelard.html (762 words)

	C.Burnett, Adelard of Bath's Doctrine
		Other documents from Bath from around this date mention `Athelardus' as the steward---an honorary title indicating a high official position---in the Bishop of Bath's household and his name is attested in charters of 1130 and 1135x1139.
		Adelard: `simplicem notam'], but intelligence, as if surveying everything from above, having understood the form, also judges all things that exist, and it understands them in the same way as it understands the form itself which could be known to no other faculty.
		I leave it to the historians of logic to decide whether this preoccupation in Adelard's work with the difference between `things' and `words' and his use of the word `vox', for the term describing the individual, species and genus, reflects the lively discussion of contemporary logicians, one group of which were called the `vocales'.
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	ADELARD OF BATH - The Impact of Muslim Science - Preface to His Very Difficult Natural Questions, [Dodi Ve-Nechdi] c. ...
		ADELARD OF BATH - The Impact of Muslim Science - Preface to His Very Difficult Natural Questions, [Dodi Ve-Nechdi] c.
		ADELARD: I think then that we should begin with lighter matters, and if here I fail to give you a reasonable account, you will know what to expect in more important subjects.
		ADELARD: Certainly it is inexpedient that it should fall, and that we also shall not fall along with it.
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		Adelard's chief contribution to the development of medieval thought lay not so much in his works on natural philosophy as in the various translations he made from the Arabic.
		Adelard's most significant astronomical achievement was his translation (c.1126, possibly in collaboration with Petrus Alphonsus) of the 'Astronomical Tables' of al-Khwarizmi in 37 introductory chapters and 116 astronomical tables.
		It is very probable that during the 1130s Adelard was the first to present a full version of almost the entirety of Euclid's* 'Elements' from the Arabic text (probably that of al- Hajjaj), which for centuries would be the chief geometry textbook in the West.
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	References for Adelard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		C Burnett, Adelard, Ergaphalau and the science of the stars, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 133-145.
		C Burnett and L Cochrane, Adelard and the 'Mappae clavicula', in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 29-32.
		M Gibson, Adelard of Bath, in Adelard of Bath (London, 1987), 7-16.
	www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/References/Adelard.html (310 words)

	Adelard: Adelard of Bath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adelard of Bath was a medieval mathematician and natural philosopher, and a crucial figure in the development of early European thought.
		Just as the company Adelard seeks the widespread adoption of a better notation for the description of computer software, so Adelard of Bath was a major influence in the revolutionary adoption of the Arabic notation for numbers instead of the intractable Roman numerals.
		He was a pioneer of the scientific renaissance of the 12th century, when the learning of the Ancient Greeks, which had been preserved by the Islamic countries, was reintroduced into Europe along with ideas from Arabic medicine, mathematics and astronomy.
	www.adelard.co.uk /info/original_adelard.htm (316 words)

	History of Medieval Philosophy 171
		Among these we may place the doctrines of Adelard of Bath and of Walter of Mortagne, the "Indifference" theory and the "Collection" theory.
		(a) Adelard of Bath and the Theory of the "Respectus".
		Adelard of Bath is more than an advocate of the "aspects" theory.
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	Adelard Of Bath -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Adelard translated into Latin an Arabic version of Euclid's Elements, which for centuries served as the chief geometry textbook in the West.
		With the European recovery and translation of Greek mathematical texts during the 12th century—the first Latin translation of Euclid's Elements, by Adelard of Bath, was made about 1120—and with the multiplication of universities beginning around 1200, the Elements was installed as the ultimate textbook in Europe.
		Bath was an elegant vacation spot when Jane Austen visited with her family.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Adelard of Bath
		Adelard was probably an Englishman by birth; he seems to have studied at Tours and Laon and probably taught at Laon and at Paris.
		He was one of the first medieval scholars to seek knowledge by travelling in Greece and Asia Minor.
		Adelard was a pronounced Platonist in psychology and metaphysics, while he opposed the Platonic doctrine of realism in his theory of universals.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/16001c.htm (259 words)

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		Adelard of Bath; Conversations with his Nephew: `On the Same and the Different', `Questions on Natural Science', and `On Birds', ed.
		Discussing the nature of animals with his nephew, Adelard exclaims in his Quaestiones naturales.
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	Adelard of Bath: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Adelard of Bath
		Adelard of Bath: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Adelard of Bath
		Adelard of Bath was a 12th century English scholar who traveled widely, especially to Islamic lands.
		He studied at Tours and taught at Laon.
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	Translators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		of Bath, Plato of Tivoli, Tobert of Chester, Hermann of
		Adelard of Bath was a translator of both Arabian and
		Among Adelard of Bath, John of Seville, Gerard of Cremona (1114-1187) and Plato of Tivoli (1134-1145) Herman is the most important translator of Arabic astronomical works in 12th century and populariser of Arabic culture in Europe.
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	Adelard of Bath -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adelard of Bath was a (Click link for more info and facts about 12th century) 12th century (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English scholar.
		During a period of 7 years he traveled throughout North Africa and Asia Minor.
		He was the founder of the doctrine of indifference (see (The system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers) Scholasticism).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ad/adelard_of_bath.htm (486 words)

	Week 2 Readings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Around age twenty, Adelard of Bath traveled to France where he studied at the three-centuries-old cathedral school in Tours founded by Charlemagne.
		Adelard was one of the first Europeans to translate scholarly works from Arabic into Latin.
		Adelard lived nearly 1500 years after Plato, at a time when Timaeus was the only work of Plato's known to learned Western Europeans.
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	Adelard of Bath: 3D View of the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The system features: 20 heated air jets on the floor of the bath for a direct, full-body air massage 6 lateral heated air jets, on the sides, each with 6 air distributor ports for a total of 36 streams of air to provide horizontal air action, enveloping the body in even more air bubbles.
		Bath Pal and Squirters float in water and are made with little hands in mind.
		Adelard of Bath, the First English Scientist - Adelard of Bath, the First English Scientist One-paragraph biography from the University of Bath.
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		Adelard of Bath was one of the most colourful personalities of the Middle
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	Bath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In November 2003, the University of Bath opened the first phase of its massive new sports complex, the English Institute of Sport for South West England.
		"Questions on Natural Science" and "on Birds", Adelard, Adelard of Bath, Italo Ronca, Baudouin Van den Abeele and Charles Burnett, Cambridge University Press, 1999, hardcover, 342 pages, ISBN 0521394716 Adelard of Bath: an English scientist and Arabist of the early twelfth century, Charles Burnett, Warburg Institute, University of London, 1987 pp.
		Keynsham Keynsham (pronounced "Keen-sham"), is a town in the district of Bath and North East Somerset, England, and traditionally in the county of Somerset.
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		Catholic Encyclopedia: Adelard of Bath · iweb · cached · Short article on this 12th-century thinker by William Turner.
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		Adelard of Bath was one of the most colourful personalities of the Middle Ages.
		Adelard meant them to be both entertaining and instructive.
		They deal with all kinds of topics, from the nature of the soul to the cause of earthquakes, from the effects of music to how to train a hawk.
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		Adelard, Baudouin Van Den Abeele, Pedro Mantas Espana, Italo Ronca, Charles Burnett (Translator), Charles Burnett (Editor)
		This book consists of editions and translations of the three known texts in which Adelard of Bath (c.
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