Astronomy and History Selected Essays

by Otto Neugebauer

Book Overview

The collection of papers assembled here on a variety of topics in ancient and medieval astronomy was originally suggested by Noel Swerdlow of the University of Chicago. He was also instrumental in making a selection* which would, in general, be on the same level as my book The Exact Sciences in Antiquity. It may also provide a general background for my more technical History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy and for my edition of Astronomi- cal Cuneiform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387908447
• ISBN13: 9780387908441
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 539 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"