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| Sacrobosco, Johannes de |
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(y hän´ s d s kr b s´k ) (KEY) , or John of Hollywood, c.12001256, English mathematician and astronomer. He wrote several widely read and influential books: Algorismus, a study of arithmetic; a treatise on the calendar; and the most popular medieval introductory textbook on astronomy, the Tractatus de sphaera. |
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