Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts

• Main Author: Ossendrijver, Mathieu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• Subjects: Mathematics.; History.; Oriental languages.; Semitic languages.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; Oriental Languages.; Semitic Languages.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts contains a new analysis of the procedure texts of Babylonian mathematical astronomy. These cuneiform tablets, excavated in Babylon and Uruk and dating from 350‒50 BCE, contain computational instructions that represent the earliest known form of math...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations and symbols
• 1. Procedure texts
• 2. Mathematical concepts – from numbers to computational systems
• 3. Planets
• 4. Moon
• 5. Critical editions
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Indices.