The Exact Sciences in Antiquity

by O. Neugebauer

Paperback, 1969

Status

Available

Call number

510.093

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

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