Science Awakening IISpringer Science & Business Media, 2013 M11 11 - 347 pages 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). |
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... ZODIAC The boundaries of the signs Mathematical astronomy . • 98 98 99 100 101 . 102 102 103 104 107 108 110 112 115 116 117 117 • 117 120 122 125 126 CHAPTER 5. Cosmic religion , astrology and astronomy . SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS IX.
... ZODIAC The boundaries of the signs Mathematical astronomy . • 98 98 99 100 101 . 102 102 103 104 107 108 110 112 115 116 117 117 • 117 120 122 125 126 CHAPTER 5. Cosmic religion , astrology and astronomy . SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS IX.
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... zodiac . The names of the signs . Observations and periods Sidereal and tropical divisions of the zodiac The rising and setting of the moon Rising times of zodiacal signs . THE EVIDENCE FROM GEMINOS • The calculation of the moon's ...
... zodiac . The names of the signs . Observations and periods Sidereal and tropical divisions of the zodiac The rising and setting of the moon Rising times of zodiacal signs . THE EVIDENCE FROM GEMINOS • The calculation of the moon's ...
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... astrological handbook , the ' Tetrabiblos ' , and published ' handy tables ... signs , belonging to the period from AUGUSTUS to HADRIANUS . As these tables ... zodiac date from the second half of the fifth century B.C. To just this ...
... astrological handbook , the ' Tetrabiblos ' , and published ' handy tables ... signs , belonging to the period from AUGUSTUS to HADRIANUS . As these tables ... zodiac date from the second half of the fifth century B.C. To just this ...
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... zodiac Besides the daily rotation of the sphere of the fixed stars , in which they all participate , the sun , moon ... signs . They derive their names from the constellations just mentioned : ( 1 ) Aries , the Ram ( 2 ) 4 INTRODUCTION The ...
... zodiac Besides the daily rotation of the sphere of the fixed stars , in which they all participate , the sun , moon ... signs . They derive their names from the constellations just mentioned : ( 1 ) Aries , the Ram ( 2 ) 4 INTRODUCTION The ...
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... signs by their positions relative to the fixed stars . For example , the star Spica ( a Virginis ) was taken to be at 28 ° or 29 ° of Virgo . We shall return later to this sidereal division of the zodiac . Here I should remark only that ...
... signs by their positions relative to the fixed stars . For example , the star Spica ( a Virginis ) was taken to be at 28 ° or 29 ° of Virgo . We shall return later to this sidereal division of the zodiac . Here I should remark only that ...
Contents
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THE LATE EGYPTIAN PERIOD | 32 |
OldBabylonian astronomy | 46 |
The Year of the golden throne | 52 |
Astral religion and astrology | 59 |
SUMMARY | 91 |
CALCULATION OF PERIODS | 102 |
PREDICTION OF ECLIPSES | 115 |
A high point of Babylonian astronomy | 248 |
845 | 255 |
An arithmetical series of the third order | 261 |
The spread of Babylonian astronomy | 284 |
The rising and setting of the moon | 291 |
SANSKRIT TEXTS | 299 |
On the origin of the VâsishthaSiddhânta | 305 |
EGYPTIAN PLANETARY TABLES | 308 |
THE ZODIAC | 122 |
Cosmic religion astrology and astronomy | 127 |
The Gathas of the Avesta | 133 |
IMMORTALITY AND TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS | 142 |
THE CULT OF MITHRAS AND SOLAR THEOLOGY | 150 |
ZERVANISM AND ASTRAL FATALISM | 161 |
Inscriptions of Xerxes | 201 |
Calculation of Columns K L and M | 225 |
The Crescent Table ACT 122 | 235 |
Columns K L and M | 241 |
ABBREVIATIONS 327 | 326 |
205249 | 331 |
6092 | 332 |
The dating of primitive zodiacal astrology | 333 |
104 | 335 |
Hilprechts text HS 229 | 339 |
115 | 341 |
The three paths in the | 346 |
PLATES | 347 |
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