Nur Ad-Din Al-Bitruji
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| Gender | Female |
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| Born | Al-Andalus |
| Die | c. 1204 |
| Notabl idea | First non‐Ptolemaic astronomical system; physical cause of celestial motions |
| Books | On the principles of astronomy |
| Influences | Abu'l Walid Muhammad ibn Rushd |
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| Ibn Tufail | |
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| Jabir ibn Aflah | |
| Interests | Astronomy |
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| ID | 3673472 |
Nur Ad-Din Al-Bitruji Life story
Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji was an Iberian-Arab astronomer and a Qadi in al-Andalus. Al-Biṭrūjī was the first astronomer to present a non-Ptolemaic astronomical system as an alternative to Ptolemy's models, with the planets borne by geocentric spheres.
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