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Gerald J. Toomer
Gerald James Toomer (born 23 November 1934) is a historian of astronomy and mathematics who has written numerous books and papers on ancient Greek and medieval Islamic astronomy. In particular, he translated Ptolemy's ''Almagest'' into English.
Formerly a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, he moved to Brown University as a special student in 1959 to study "the history of mathematics in antiquity and the transmission of these systems through Arabic into medieval Europe."〔Martha Mitchell. ("History of Mathematics" ) in ''Encyclopedia Brunoniana''.〕 He joined the History of Mathematics department in 1963, became an associate professor in 1965, and was the chairman from 1980 to 1986.〔(Author biography ) from publisher's web site for ''Ptolemy's Almagest''.〕〔.〕
== Some works ==
* Diocles: ''On burning mirrors. The arabic translation of the lost greek original.'' ed., with English translation and commentary by G. J. Toomer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1976 (Sources in the history of mathematics and physical sciences, 1).
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