Translation Movement
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Arabic translation movement. For the later Latin translation movement, see Latin translations of the 12th century.
| Part of a series on |
| Translation |
|---|
| Types |
|
| Theory |
| Technologies |
| Localization |
| Institutional |
|
| Related topics |
|
The Translation Movement was a movement started in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad which translated many Greek classics into Arabic.
The relationship between the early period of Islamic mathematics and the mathematics of Greece and India is not yet fully understood as much work is extant only in Latin translations or has not survived.[1]
The Sabian, Thabit ibn Qurrah (836–901), translated Nicomachus of Gerasa's Arithmetic and, under the patronage of the "Sons of Moses", translated and revised the works of the major Greek mathematicians.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "mathematics" Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Web. 14 Mar. 2011
External links
- How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs, in which the Barmakids play a considerable role. They also translated Indian mathematics books of Aryabhata and Brahmagupta. Arabs were mostly responsible for spreading of Indian number system and arithmetic throughout the world.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.