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A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy

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  • © 1975

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Authors:
  1. Otto Neugebauer

    1. Brown University, Providence, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (HISTORY, volume 1)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Part One

    1. Front Matter

      Pages XXIII-XXIII
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    2. Introduction

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 1-18

    3. The Almagest and its Direct Predecessors

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 19-343

    4. Babylonian Astronomy

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 345-555

  3. The Almagest and its Direct Predecessors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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  4. Part Two

    1. Egypt

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 557-568

    2. Early Greek Astronomy

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 569-776

    3. Astronomy During the Roman Imperial Period and Late Antiquity

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 777-1058

  5. Book II: Babylonian Astronomy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 345-345
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    2. Planetary Theory

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 380-473

    3. Lunar Theory

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 474-540

    4. Early Babylonian Astronomy

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 541-555

  6. Part Three

    1. Appendices and Indices Figures and Plates

      • Otto Neugebauer
      Pages 1059-1457
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From the reviews:

"This monumental work will henceforth be the standard interpretation of ancient mathematical astronomy. It is easy to point out its many virtues: comprehensiveness and common sense are two of the most important. Neugebauer has studied profoundly every relevant text in Akkadian, Egyptian, Greek, and Latin, no matter how fragmentary; [...] With the combination of mathematical rigor and a sober sense of the true nature of the evidence, he has penetrated the astronomical and the historical significance of his material. [...] His work has been and will remain the most admired model for those working with mathematical and astronomical texts.

D. Pingree in Bibliotheca Orientalis, 1977

"... a work that is a landmark, not only for the history of science, but for the history of scholarship. HAMA [History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy] places the history of ancient Astronomy on a entirely new foundation. We shall not soon see its equal.

N.M. Swerdlow in Historia Mathematica, 1979

Authors and Affiliations

  • Brown University, Providence, USA

    Otto Neugebauer

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