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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
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-18
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The Almagest and its Direct Predecessors
Pages 19-343
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Babylonian Astronomy
Pages 345-555
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Egypt
Pages 557-568
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Early Greek Astronomy
Pages 569-776
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy
- Authors
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- O. Neugebauer
- Series Title
- Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
- Series Volume
- 1
- Copyright
- 1975
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-642-61910-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-61910-6
- Series ISSN
- 0172-570X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- LXIII, 1456
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