Al-Biṭrūjī

Also found as Bitruji · Alpetragius

Developed a non-Ptolemaic cosmological model using geocentric spheres and wrote Kitāb al-Hayʾah.

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1001 Inventions

Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani

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Printed p. 293 PDF p. 296Reading page

“…eighth section named after Nur al-Din ibn Ishaq al-Bitruji, who was born in Morocco, lived in Ishbiliah (Seville), UNIVLR SL: LU NAR FOR. \1:\TIONS and died around 1204. He worked hard, unsuccessfully, at…”

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Printed p. 312 PDF p. 315Biographical entry

“…macy, medicine, physics, and earth science scholar . Al-Bitruji, Nur al-Din ibn Ishaq (d. 1204), also known as Alpetragius; Morocco and Seville; astronomer. Tycho Br ahe (1546-1601); Skane, De nm ark; astronomer and…”

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Research note: Non-Ptolemaic does not by itself mean heliocentric.

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