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ISBN10: 9048182476, ISBN13: 9789048182473, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Whoever wants to understand the genesis of modern Science has to follow three lines of development, all starting in antiquity, which were brought together in the work of ISAAC NEWTON, namely 1. Ancient Mathematics = DESCARTES 2. Ancient Astronomy = COPERNICUS : ~~~~ I= NEWTON 3. Ancient Mechanics = GALILEO = HUYGENS In Science Awakening I (Dutch edition 1950, first Eng1ish edition 1954, second 1961, first German edition 1956, second 1965) I have followed the first 1ine, giving an outline of the development of Mathematics in Egypt, Babylonia, and Greece. Volume II, dealing with Egyptian and Baby1onian Astronomy first appeared in German under the title 'Die Anfänge der Astronomie' (Noordhoff, Groningen 1965 and Birkhäu ser, Basel 1968). The volume was written in collaboration with PETER HUBER (Swiss Federal School of Technology, Zürich). HUBER has written considerable parts of Chap ters 3 and 4, in particular all transcriptions of cuneiform texts in these chapters. I also had much help from ERNST WEIDNER (Graz), MARTIN VERMASEREN (Amsterdam), JOSEF JANSEN (Leiden) and MANU LEUMANN (Zürich). [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2010] ...
ISBN10: 9048182476, ISBN13: 9789048182473, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Whoever wants to understand the genesis of modern Science has to follow three lines of development, all starting in antiquity, which were brought together in the work of ISAAC NEWTON, namely 1. Ancient Mathematics = DESCARTES 2. Ancient Astronomy = COPERNICUS : ~~~~ I= NEWTON 3. Ancient Mechanics = GALILEO = HUYGENS In Science Awakening I (Dutch edition 1950, first Eng1ish edition 1954, second 1961, first German edition 1956, second 1965) I have followed the first 1ine, giving an outline of the development of Mathematics in Egypt, Babylonia, and Greece. Volume II, dealing with Egyptian and Baby1onian Astronomy first appeared in German under the title 'Die Anfänge der Astronomie' (Noordhoff, Groningen 1965 and Birkhäu ser, Basel 1968). The volume was written in collaboration with PETER HUBER (Swiss Federal School of Technology, Zürich). HUBER has written considerable parts of Chap ters 3 and 4, in particular all transcriptions of cuneiform texts in these chapters. I also had much help from ERNST WEIDNER (Graz), MARTIN VERMASEREN (Amsterdam), JOSEF JANSEN (Leiden) and MANU LEUMANN (Zürich). [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2010] ...
ISBN10: 9048182476, ISBN13: 9789048182473, [publisher: Springer] Softcover Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 632. . 2010. 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1973. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]
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