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The Astronomy of Levi ben Gerson (1288-1344): A Critical Edition of Chapters 1-20 with Translation and Commentary (Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) by Bernard R. Goldstein, 1985-07-15 The Astronomical Tables of Levi Ben Gerson (Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences Series, Vol 45) by Bernard R. Goldstein, 1974-06 Philosophie religieuse de Lévi-Ben-Gerson (French Edition) by Isidore. Weil, 1868-01-01 Astronomy of Levi Ben Gerson, 1288-1344 Levi Ben Gerson's Prognostication for the Conjunction of 1345 (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society) by Bernard R. Goldstein, David Pingree, 1990-11 Preliminary remarks on Levi ben Gerson's contributions to astronomy, (Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Proceedings) by Bernard R Goldstein, 1969 R. Levi Ben Gerson: A bibliographical essay by Menachem Marc Kellner, 1979 Introduction to the History of Science. Volume 3, Science and Learning in the Fourteenth Century. Part I, The Time of Abu-l-Fida, Levi ben Gerson, and William of Occam (First half of the fourteenth century) by G. Sarton, 1962 Sefer Maassei Choscheb. Die Praxis des Rechners. Ein hebraisch-arithmetisches Werk des Levi Ben Gerschom aus dem jahre 1321. by Gerson (ed.). Levi ben Gershom [GERSONIDES]; LANGE, 1909-01-01

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1. Levi
   Biography of Levi ben Gerson (12881344)  
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   astronomy of levi ben gerson 1288 1344 studies in the history of mathematics physical science vol 11, but we have more than only Astronomy of  
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3. The Astronomical Tables Of Levi Ben Gerson Infos
   Bernard R Goldstein The Astronomical Tables of Levi Ben Gerson Book by Bernard R Goldstein ; review, summary, details  
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4. Europe - Mathematics And The Liberal Arts
   two examples are Rabbi ben Ezra and Levi ben Gerson.  
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   It was first described in 1342 by a Jewish scholar named Levi ben Gerson.  
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8. Levi
   Biography of levi ben gerson (12881344) levi ben gerson wrote Book of Numbersin 1321 dealing with arithmetical operations, including extraction of  
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   Extractions: Version for printing Levi ben Gerson wrote Book of Numbers in 1321 dealing with arithmetical operations, including extraction of roots. Also, in 1342, he wrote On Sines, Chords and Arcs which examined trigonometry, in particular proving the sine theorem for plane triangles and giving 5 figure sine tables. One year later, at the request of the bishop of Meaux, he wrote The Harmony of Numbers which is a commentary on the first 5 books of Euclid He also invented Jacob's staff, an instrument to measure the angular distance between celestial objects. It is described as consisting ... of a staff of feet long and about one inch wide, with six or seven perforated tablets which could slide along the staff, each tablet being an integral fraction of the staff length to facilitate calculation, used to measure the distance between stars or planets, and the altitudes and diameters of the Sun, Moon and stars. Levi observed a solar eclipse in 1337. After he had observed this event he proposed a new theory of the sun which he proceeded to test by further observations.

9. Levi
   Biographical article with links and bibliography, from the MacTutor History of Mathematics.  
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   Extractions: Version for printing Levi ben Gerson wrote Book of Numbers in 1321 dealing with arithmetical operations, including extraction of roots. Also, in 1342, he wrote On Sines, Chords and Arcs which examined trigonometry, in particular proving the sine theorem for plane triangles and giving 5 figure sine tables. One year later, at the request of the bishop of Meaux, he wrote The Harmony of Numbers which is a commentary on the first 5 books of Euclid He also invented Jacob's staff, an instrument to measure the angular distance between celestial objects. It is described as consisting ... of a staff of feet long and about one inch wide, with six or seven perforated tablets which could slide along the staff, each tablet being an integral fraction of the staff length to facilitate calculation, used to measure the distance between stars or planets, and the altitudes and diameters of the Sun, Moon and stars. Levi observed a solar eclipse in 1337. After he had observed this event he proposed a new theory of the sun which he proceeded to test by further observations.

10. References For Levi
    References for the biography of levi ben gerson. BR Goldstein, levi bengerson s analysis of precession, Journal for the History of Astronomy 6 (1975),  
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    Extractions: P H Espenshade, A text on trigonometry by Levi ben Gerson (1288-1344), Math. Teacher B R Goldstein, Preliminary Remarks on Levi ben Gerson's Contributions to Astronomy, Proc. Israel Acad. Sci. Humanities B R Goldstein, Levi ben Gerson's analysis of precession, Journal for the History of Astronomy B R Goldstein, Levi ben Gerson : On instrumental errors and the transversal scale, Journal for the History of Astronomy B R Goldstein, Astronomical and astrological themes in the philosophical works of Levi ben Gerson, Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences B R Goldstein, The physical astronomy of Levi ben Gerson, Perspect. Sci. B R Goldstein, Levi ben Gerson's theory of planetary distances, Centaurus B R Goldstein, The astronomy of Levi ben Gerson (1288-1344), Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (New York-Berlin, 1985). B R Goldstein, Levi ben Gerson's preliminary lunar model, Centaurus B R Goldstein, Levi ben Gerson's lunar model

11. Levi Ben Gerson - Mathematics And The Liberal Arts
    levi ben gerson Mathematics and the Liberal Arts. To expand search, seeJewishMedieval. Laterally related topic Rabbi ben Ezra.  
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    Extractions: To expand search, see JewishMedieval . Laterally related topic: Rabbi ben Ezra The Mathematics and the Liberal Arts pages are intended to be a resource for student research projects and for teachers interested in using the history of mathematics in their courses. Many pages focus on ethnomathematics and in the connections between mathematics and other disciplines. The notes in these pages are intended as much to evoke ideas as to indicate what the books and articles are about. They are not intended as reviews. However, some items have been reviewed in Mathematical Reviews , published by The American Mathematical Society. When the mathematical review (MR) number and reviewer are known to the author of these pages, they are given as part of the bibliographic citation. Subscribing institutions can access the more recent MR reviews online through MathSciNet Biggs, N. L. The roots of combinatorics. Historia Math. (1) As the author explains, the most ancient problem connected with combinatorics may be the house-cat-mice-wheat problem of the Rhind Papyrus (Problem 79), which occurs in a similar form in a problem of Fibonacci's Liber Abaci and in an English nursery rhyme. All are concerned with successive powers of 7. (2) The first occurrence of combinatorics per se may be in the 64 hexagrams of the

12. Comments On Levi Ben Gerson
    Comments on levi ben gerson. Comments  
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13. The Astronomy Of Levi Ben Gerson (1288-1344) (Goldstein)-Springer Mathematics (g
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14. Encyclopedia Of Astronomy And Astrophysics » Levi Ben Gerson (1288–1344)
    levi ben gerson (1288–1344). DOI 10.1888/0333750888/3812; Published November 2000.Icon Full text (PDF, 16K). Article summary  
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15. Bibliography
    “R. levi ben gerson A Bibliographical Essay,” Studies in Bibliography and “levi ben gerson,” in Allgemeine Enzyklopaedie der Wissenschaften und Kuenste  
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    Extractions: Gersonides’ relation to Gershom ben Solomon, author of Sha`ar ha-Shamayim; the identity of the town of Ezov; a reference to the Orsini family in Gersonides; an implicit criticism of flagellation; Gersonides’ rejection of the heliocentric hypothesis. Moritz Steinschneider critically commented on this article in Hebraeishe Bibliographie 3 [no.16] (July-August, 1860), p. 71 (item 999).

16. Wars Of The Lord - English
    translated by Bernard R. Goldstein in The Astronomy of levi ben gerson on levi ben gerson s Cosmology, David Novak and Norbert Samuelson (eds.  
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17. Mathematics 245 Assignments It Is A Well-kept Secret That Doing
    levi ben gerson, from the Maasei Hoshev (Art of the Calculator) Does leviben gerson prove his theorems using the Principle of Mathematical Induction?  
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    Extractions: It is a well-kept secret that doing mathematics really is fun-at least for mathematicians-and I am amazed at how often we use the word "beautiful" to describe work that satisfies us. I am reminded of a remark by a mathematician . . . who was talking with some anthropologists about early human experiments with fire. One anthropologist suggested that these humans were motivated by a desire for better cooking; another thought they were after a dependable source of heat. [The mathematician] said he believed fire came under human control because of their fascination with the flame. I believe that the best mathematicians are fascinated by the flame, and that this is a good thing . . . [b]ecause, fortunately for society, their fascination has, in the end, provided the good cooking and reliable heat we all need. - Phillip A. Griffiths, Director of Institute for Advanced Study

18. Math History - Middle Ages
    1321, levi ben gerson (sometimes known as gersonides) writes Book of Numbers dealing 1343, levi ben gerson (gersonides) writes De harmonicis numeris  
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    Extractions: Prehistory and Ancient Times Middle Ages Renaissance Reformation ... External Resources Varahamihira produces Pancasiddhantika (The Five Astronomical Canons). He makes important contributions to trigonometry. Decimal notation is used for numbers in India. This is the system on which our current notation is based. Brahmagupta writes Brahmasphutasiddanta (The Opening of the Universe), a work on astronomy; on mathematics. He uses zero and negative numbers, gives methods to solve quadratic equations, sum series, and compute square roots. About 700 Mathematicians in the Mayan civilization introduce a symbol for zero into their number system. About 810 Al-Khwarizmi writes important works on arithmetic, algebra, geography, and astronomy. In particular Hisab al-jabr w'al-muqabala (Calculation by Completion and Balancing)

19. Yale University Library
    Behai ben Asher. 1492. Naples. Zi +6737. Perush ha Torah. levi ben gerson. 14746.Mantua. Zi +6906. Perush ha Torah. Nahmanides. 1489. Lisbon. Zi +9833.  
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    Extractions: The Collection / 15th-century Incunabula / 16th-century Hebrew imprints Bibliographies Hebrew Periodicals Micorform Notable New Acquisitions / Texts on CD ROM Yiddish Periodicals Yizkor Books The Judaic Studies Reading Room ... Contact Us 15th-Century Incunabula Below is a list of incunabula in alphabetical order by title. The citation includes title, author, place of publication, year published, and Yale University Library call number. All these incunabula are housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. If you have any questions locating the materials, please speak to Nanette Stahl , the Curator of the Judaica Collection To Search This Web Page by Title, Author, or Place of Publication: From "Edit" on the Menu Bar, go to "Find" Type in your search word and hit enter.

20. Doron Zeilberger's 36th Opinion:
    Rabbi levi ben gerson, in his prealgebra text (1321), Sefer Ma asei Khosev, So levi ben gerson had an inkling of the algebraic revolution to come,  
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    Extractions: Written: March 5, 1999 Rabbi Levi Ben Gerson, in his pre-algebra text (1321), Sefer Ma'asei Khosev, had about fifty theorems, complete with rigorous proofs. Nowadays, we no longer call them theorems, but rather (routine) algebraic identities. For example, proving (a+b)*c=a*c+b*c took him about half a page, while proving (a-b)*c+a*(b-c)=b*(a-c) took a page and a half, and proving a*(b*c*d)=d*(a*b*c) took him one page. The reason that it took him so long is that while he already had the algebraic concepts, he still was too hung-up on words, and while he used symbols, (denoted by dotted Hebrew letters), he did not quite utilize, systematically, the calculus of algebraic identities. The reason was that he was still in a pre-algebra frame of mind, and it was more than three hundred years later (even after Cardano), that probably Viete started the modern `high-school' algebra. So Levi Ben Gerson had an inkling of the algebraic revolution to come, but still did not go all the way, because we humans are creatures of habit, and he liked proving these deep theorems so much that it did not occur to him to streamline them, and hence kept repeating the same old arguments again and again in long-winded natural language.

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