ENGLISH

The Exact Sciences in Antiquity

By O. Neugebauer

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
1969
ISBN
0486223329, 9780486223322
Open Library ID
OL18660059M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28407042 bytes)
Edition
1969 reprint of the 2nd ed. (1957)
Pages
274\274
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

One of the foremost workers in the area of premodern science presents the standard nontechnical coverage of Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics and astronomy and their transmission into the Hellenistic world, including the especially interesting, surprising sophistication of Babylonian mathematics. 52 figures.

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