Nur Ad-Din Al-Bitruji
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| Gender | Female |
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| Born | Morocco |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Regions | Al-Andalus |
| Books | On the principles of astronomy |
| Influenced by | Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī |
| Ibn Tufail | |
| Avempace | |
| Jabir ibn Aflah | |
| Influenced | Robert Grosseteste |
| Albertus Magnus | |
| Roger Bacon | |
| Regiomontanus | |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | |
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| ID | 1062650 |
Nur Ad-Din Al-Bitruji Life story
Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji was a Spanish-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.
