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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98 The course of the moon in the zodiac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Collections of ancient eclipse and planetary ... 120 THE ZODIAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 The boundaries of the signs .
98 The course of the moon in the zodiac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Collections of ancient eclipse and planetary ... 120 THE ZODIAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 The boundaries of the signs .
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287 The names of the signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Sidereal and tropical divisions of the zodiac . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Observations and periods . ... 291 Rising times of Zodiacal signs.
287 The names of the signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Sidereal and tropical divisions of the zodiac . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Observations and periods . ... 291 Rising times of Zodiacal signs.
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... we come next to Egyptian tables for the dates of entry of planets into zodiacal signs, belonging to the period from AUGUSTUS to HADRIANUS. As these tables originate from the very heyday of horoscopical astrology and are eminently ...
... we come next to Egyptian tables for the dates of entry of planets into zodiacal signs, belonging to the period from AUGUSTUS to HADRIANUS. As these tables originate from the very heyday of horoscopical astrology and are eminently ...
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The angular distance of a star from the equator is called the declination of the star. Southerly declinations are marked by a minus sign. On the modern stellar map opposite the title page the stars are depicted ...
The angular distance of a star from the equator is called the declination of the star. Southerly declinations are marked by a minus sign. On the modern stellar map opposite the title page the stars are depicted ...
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For example, the star Spica (x Virginis) was taken to be at 28° or 29° of Virgo. ... Each sign of the zodiac is divided into 30 degrees, so that there are 360 degrees in the complete circle. Each degree is subdivided into 60 minutes of ...
For example, the star Spica (x Virginis) was taken to be at 28° or 29° of Virgo. ... Each sign of the zodiac is divided into 30 degrees, so that there are 360 degrees in the complete circle. Each degree is subdivided into 60 minutes of ...
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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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according Ahura Mazda Amurru APIN Assyrian astrolabe astrology astronomical Avesta Babylon Babylonian astronomy BEROSSOS béru calculated calendar called century B.C. Chaldaeans Chapter column constellations contains cuneiform cuneiform texts daily motion DARIUS decans degrees divine doctrine Egypt Egyptian Enlil equinoxes EUDOXOs fixed stars fragment Full Moon GEMINOS gods Greek heaven Hence HERODOTOs horoscope astrology horoscopes inscription Jupiter kings KUGLER later linear zigzag function longitude lunar eclipses Magi Marduk Mars means Mercury methods middle middle Persian Mithras months morning rising names NEUGEBAUER night node observations Orphic path Persian phenomena Pisces planetary planets Plate PLATON position predictions procedure text Pythagoreans reign religion retrograde retrograde motion rising of Sirius SACHS Saros Saturn Seleucid sidereal solar eclipse solstice soul Stationary Point Sternkunde synodic months synodic periods theory Tishtrya tithis TRAIANUS Uruk VARAHA MIHIRA velocity Venus visible ZARATHUSTRA Zervanism Zeus zodiacal signs Zoroastrian
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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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