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Petty Adelaar

Author of Chaos: Making a New Science

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Associated Works

Chaos: Making a New Science (1987) — Translator, some editions — 7,698 copies, 73 reviews
Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) — Translator, some editions — 2,742 copies, 36 reviews
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (2010) — Translator, some editions — 2,519 copies, 72 reviews
How to Cure a Fanatic (2004) — Translator, some editions — 519 copies, 15 reviews
Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey: A Biography (2007) — Translator, some editions — 414 copies, 12 reviews
A Glorious Accident: Understanding Our Place in the Cosmic Puzzle (1993) — Translator, some editions — 236 copies, 7 reviews

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Canonical name
Adelaar, Petty
Birthdate
1953-04-16
Gender
female
Occupations
translator
Organizations
Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP)
Short biography
Patty Adelaar vertaalt sinds 1987 literaire non-fictie uit het Engels, aanvankelijk populair wetenschappelijk werk, bijvoorbeeld over chaos en complexiteitstheorie, later werken op filosofisch gebied en biografieën.
Nationality
Netherlands
Birthplace
Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
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Netherlands

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