Olaf Pedersen (8 April 1920 – 3 December 1997) was a Danish historian of science who was "leading authority on astronomy in classical antiquity and the...
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Jens Olaf Thorup Pedersen (July 6, 1884 – April 6, 1972) was a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Danish team...
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describing Ptolemy's table of chords, an equivalent to a table of sines, Olaf Pedersen wrote: The mathematical notion of continuity as an explicit concept...
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ISBN 9780875525273.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Olaf Pedersen (1992), The Book of Nature, Vatican Observatory Publications ISBN 0-268-00690-3...
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Odd Kvaal Pedersen (1935–1990), Norwegian journalist, author and translator Olaf Pedersen (gymnast) (1884–1972), Danish gymnast Olaf Pedersen (1920–1997)...
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Olaf Guthfrithson or Anlaf Guthfrithson (Old Norse: Óláfr Guðrøðsson [ˈoːˌlɑːvz̠ ˈɡuðˌrøðsˌson]; Old English: Ánláf; Old Irish: Amlaíb mac Gofraid; died...
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Armillary sphere Orrery Olaf Pedersen, "In Quest of Sacrobosco", Journal for the History of Astronomy, 16 (1985): 175-221. Pedersen identifies 35 printings...
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mathematics is in Egypt." – Aristotle, Metaphysics, as cited on page 1 of Olaf Pedersen (1993) Early physics and astronomy: a historical introduction Cambridge:...
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JSTOR 10.1353/ren.2007.0147. Nicholas Orme, Medieval Children (2003) Olaf Pedersen, The First Universities (1997). Pearson, Lee E. (1957). "Education of...
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Danish-American pastor, educator and historian in the Lutheran church Olaf Pedersen (1920 in Egtved – 1997) an authority on astronomy in classical antiquity...
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