Science Awakening IIWhoever 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). |
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Most table sets contain neither observations nor theory, but only numerical tables and rules for their application. What we have just said about the Islamic countries is even more markedly true for India.
Most table sets contain neither observations nor theory, but only numerical tables and rules for their application. What we have just said about the Islamic countries is even more markedly true for India.
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But this same PTOLEMY also wrote an astrological handbook, the 'Tetrabiblos', and published 'handy tables' containing no theory, but only rules for calculations: these were frequently used by later Byzantine astrologers').
But this same PTOLEMY also wrote an astrological handbook, the 'Tetrabiblos', and published 'handy tables' containing no theory, but only rules for calculations: these were frequently used by later Byzantine astrologers').
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They always remain within the zodiacal belt or zodiac, which contains the zodiacal constellations. These are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces.
They always remain within the zodiacal belt or zodiac, which contains the zodiacal constellations. These are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces.
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The oldest known Greek text containing such 'peasant rules' is the poem 'Works and Days of HESIODOS. We may quote from lines 383-387: When the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas, are rising, begin your harvest, and your ploughing when they ...
The oldest known Greek text containing such 'peasant rules' is the poem 'Works and Days of HESIODOS. We may quote from lines 383-387: When the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas, are rising, begin your harvest, and your ploughing when they ...
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The lists also contain references to the seasons, the weather and agriculture. In summarizing, we can say that in Egypt as well as in Greece, the connections between celestial phenomena and the seasons of the year were known before the ...
The lists also contain references to the seasons, the weather and agriculture. In summarizing, we can say that in Egypt as well as in Greece, the connections between celestial phenomena and the seasons of the year were known before the ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 8 | |
OldBabylonian astronomy 4659 | 46 |
The Assyrian period 6092 | 60 |
SUMMARY | 91 |
CALCULATION OF PERIODS | 102 |
PREDICTION OF ECLIPSES | 116 |
THE ZODIAC | 122 |
IMMORTALITY AND TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS | 142 |
THE CULT OF MITHRAS AND SOLAR THEOLOGY | 150 |
ZERVANISM AND ASTRAL FATALISM | 161 |
STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COSMIC RELIGION AND ASTROLOGY | 172 |
Theory of the moon 205249 | 205 |
Babylonian planetary theory 250283 | 250 |
The spread of Babylonian astronomy 284324 | 284 |
EGYPTIAN PLANETARY TABLES | 308 |
Cosmic religion astrology and astronomy 127204 | 127 |
THE RELIGION OF ZARATHUSTRA | 133 |
ABBREVIATIONS 327 | 326 |
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| Title | Science Awakening II |
| Author | H. van der Waerden |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media, 2013 |
| ISBN | 9401729522, 9789401729529 |
| Length | 347 pages |
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