Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Dover Publications (1969), Edition: 2, Paperback, 240 pages
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.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1952
Physical description
240 p.; 8.2 inches
ISBN
0486223329 / 9780486223322
Other editions
The Exact Sciences in Antiquity by O. Neugebauer (Paperback)