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This book provides an annotated English translation of Gerard of Cremona’s Latin version of Book I of al-Nayrizi's Commentary on Euclid’s Elements. Lo Bello concludes with a critical analysis of the idiosyncrasies of Gerard’s method of translation.
Dr. Rogers was a New Zealander who, after duty with British troops in North Africa during the early years of the war, made the decision to enter guerrilla warfare in the Balkans and was accepted for training to join the Jugoslav partisans. The account of his experiences, written a decade ago after he had just left the country, has the freshness of recently known people and events and the detachment of a thoughtful mind which could pause to analyse and indicate their meaning for the course of victory and for future Balkan politics. On one level the narrative is full of the scenes of daily life. There are conversations with his aids Bill and Ian (important people in the book), the work in make...
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