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( ´k sh) (KEY) , in the Bible, king of Gath with whom David took refuge. He is called Abimelech in the title of Psalm 34....
(äb ´ r hän´ m h m´ d b´ n ä´m d l-b r ´n , l b r ´n ) (KEY) , b. 973, d. after 1050, Central Asian scientist. His earlier years were dis...
( l s´s äldr vän´d ) (KEY) , 1522–1605, Italian naturalist, professor at the Univ. of Bologna. He instigated the establishment (1567) of the Bo...
(äl-bät-tä´n ) (KEY) or Albatenius ( l´´b t ´n s) (KEY) , b. before 858, d. 929, Arab astronomer and mathematician. He is best known in astro...
(är´´y bh t´ ) (KEY) , c.476–550, Hindu mathematician and astronomer. He is one of the first known to have used algebra; his writings include ru...
1801–92, English astronomer. The son of a poor farmer, he distinguished himself as Senior Wrangler at Cambridge, where he was elected fellow of Trin...