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Isaac Argyros

Isaac Argyros (Greek: Ισαάκιος Αργυρός) was a Byzantine mathematician and monk, born about 1312, who wrote a treatise named Easter Rule, along with books on arithmetic, geometry and astronomy.

Works

  • An Easter Rule, a treatise on Easter
  • New Tables: An Astronomical treatise, based on Ptolemaic astronomy
  • On the participation in God
  • On the transformation of the Saviour's Light

Bibliography

  • Boiadjiev, Tzotcho (2019). "Isaak Argyros". In: Brungs, Alexander; Kapriev, Georgi; Mudroch, Vilem (eds). Die Philosophie des Mittelalters 1: Byzanz, Judentum [The Philosophy of the Middle Ages 1: Byzantium, Judaism]. Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie, new edition. Basel: Schwabe, , pp. 144-145.
  • Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth, Joseph Needham, Cambridge University Press 1959,

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