Science Awakening IISpringer Science & Business Media, 1973 M12 31 - 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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... paths in the sky The 36 morning risings Further sections of the text Ziqpu stars . . . . . mul APIN • The constellations in the path of the moon The four astronomical seasons Gnomon Tables . . . . DURATION OF THE NIGHT AND VISIBILITY OF ...
... paths in the sky The 36 morning risings Further sections of the text Ziqpu stars . . . . . mul APIN • The constellations in the path of the moon The four astronomical seasons Gnomon Tables . . . . DURATION OF THE NIGHT AND VISIBILITY OF ...
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... System A System B. MARS Calculation of the Synodic Path Steps . . . 250-283 . 250 253 253 254 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 262 263 . 264 264 265 The sidereal period 266 The sun - distance principle 266 XII TABLE OF CONTENTS.
... System A System B. MARS Calculation of the Synodic Path Steps . . . 250-283 . 250 253 253 254 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 262 263 . 264 264 265 The sidereal period 266 The sun - distance principle 266 XII TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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... path of the sun . The sun traverses this path annually towards the left , i.e. in opposite direction to its daily motion . The name ' ecliptic ' is due to the fact that eclipses of the sun and moon occur only when the moon is directly ...
... path of the sun . The sun traverses this path annually towards the left , i.e. in opposite direction to its daily motion . The name ' ecliptic ' is due to the fact that eclipses of the sun and moon occur only when the moon is directly ...
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... path of the moon is slightly inclined to the ecliptic . The intersections of the path of the moon and the ecliptic are called the lunar nodes . It is only in the neighbourhood of the lunar nodes that eclipses can occur . Shortly after ...
... path of the moon is slightly inclined to the ecliptic . The intersections of the path of the moon and the ecliptic are called the lunar nodes . It is only in the neighbourhood of the lunar nodes that eclipses can occur . Shortly after ...
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... path is not quite uniform : it has an anomaly . The time required for the moon to pass from one maximum of its speed through the minimum to the next maximum is the anomalistic month . The phases of the fixed stars and planets A star ...
... path is not quite uniform : it has an anomaly . The time required for the moon to pass from one maximum of its speed through the minimum to the next maximum is the anomalistic month . The phases of the fixed stars and planets A star ...
Contents
XI | 8 |
XII | 9 |
XIII | 10 |
XV | 11 |
XVI | 13 |
XVIII | 14 |
XIX | 17 |
XX | 19 |
CXXXII | 181 |
CXXXIII | 182 |
CXXXIV | 183 |
CXXXV | 184 |
CXXXVI | 185 |
CXXXVII | 186 |
CXXXIX | 187 |
CXL | 188 |
XXI | 26 |
XXIII | 28 |
XXV | 29 |
XXVI | 32 |
XXVIII | 37 |
XXX | 39 |
XXXI | 41 |
XXXII | 42 |
XXXIII | 43 |
XXXIV | 46 |
XXXV | 48 |
XXXVI | 49 |
XXXVII | 50 |
XXXVIII | 51 |
XXXIX | 52 |
XLII | 53 |
XLIII | 55 |
XLIV | 56 |
XLV | 57 |
XLVI | 59 |
XLVII | 60 |
XLVIII | 61 |
XLIX | 62 |
L | 64 |
LI | 67 |
LII | 69 |
LIV | 70 |
LV | 71 |
LVI | 74 |
LVIII | 77 |
LX | 79 |
LXI | 80 |
LXII | 84 |
LXIV | 86 |
LXV | 88 |
LXVI | 89 |
LXVII | 91 |
LXVIII | 93 |
LXIX | 94 |
LXXII | 95 |
LXXIV | 96 |
LXXVI | 98 |
LXXVIII | 99 |
LXXIX | 100 |
LXXX | 101 |
LXXXI | 102 |
LXXXIII | 103 |
LXXXIV | 104 |
LXXXV | 107 |
LXXXVI | 108 |
LXXXVII | 110 |
LXXXVIII | 112 |
LXXXIX | 115 |
XC | 116 |
XCI | 117 |
XCIV | 120 |
XCV | 122 |
XCVI | 126 |
XCVIII | 127 |
XCIX | 128 |
CI | 129 |
CIII | 133 |
CV | 134 |
CVI | 135 |
CVII | 137 |
CVIII | 138 |
CIX | 139 |
CX | 140 |
CXI | 141 |
CXII | 142 |
CXIII | 144 |
CXIV | 146 |
CXV | 150 |
CXVI | 155 |
CXVII | 156 |
CXVIII | 160 |
CXIX | 161 |
CXX | 162 |
CXXI | 163 |
CXXII | 165 |
CXXIII | 168 |
CXXV | 169 |
CXXVI | 170 |
CXXVII | 172 |
CXXVIII | 175 |
CXXIX | 176 |
CXXX | 178 |
CXXXI | 180 |
CXLI | 189 |
CXLIV | 191 |
CXLV | 192 |
CXLVI | 193 |
CXLVII | 194 |
CXLVIII | 195 |
CXLIX | 196 |
CL | 197 |
CLII | 199 |
CLIII | 201 |
CLV | 202 |
CLVI | 205 |
CLVII | 208 |
CLVIII | 210 |
CLX | 212 |
CLXI | 214 |
CLXII | 216 |
CLXIII | 221 |
CLXV | 222 |
CLXVI | 223 |
CLXVII | 224 |
CLXVIII | 225 |
CLXIX | 226 |
CLXX | 229 |
CLXXI | 230 |
CLXXII | 231 |
CLXXIII | 233 |
CLXXV | 236 |
CLXXVII | 237 |
CLXXVIII | 238 |
CLXXIX | 239 |
CLXXX | 240 |
CLXXXII | 241 |
CLXXXIII | 242 |
CLXXXIV | 244 |
CLXXXVI | 245 |
CLXXXVII | 246 |
CLXXXVIII | 247 |
CLXXXIX | 248 |
CXC | 250 |
CXCI | 253 |
CXCII | 254 |
CXCIII | 256 |
CXCIV | 257 |
CXCV | 258 |
CXCVI | 259 |
CXCVII | 260 |
CXCVIII | 261 |
CXCIX | 262 |
CCI | 263 |
CCII | 264 |
CCIV | 265 |
CCV | 266 |
CCVII | 271 |
CCIX | 273 |
CCXI | 275 |
CCXIII | 276 |
CCXIV | 279 |
CCXV | 280 |
CCXVII | 281 |
CCXVIII | 284 |
CCXIX | 285 |
CCXXI | 287 |
CCXXIII | 288 |
CCXXIV | 290 |
CCXXV | 291 |
CCXXVI | 292 |
CCXXVII | 294 |
CCXXVIII | 295 |
CCXXIX | 297 |
CCXXX | 299 |
CCXXXII | 300 |
CCXXXIII | 301 |
CCXXXVI | 302 |
CCXXXVII | 305 |
CCXXXVIII | 306 |
CCXXXIX | 308 |
CCXL | 309 |
CCXLII | 311 |
CCXLIII | 314 |
CCXLIV | 316 |
CCXLV | 323 |
CCXLVI | 324 |
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Common terms and phrases
30 days according Ahura Mazda Assyrian astrolabe astrology astronomical Avesta Babylon Babylonian Babylonian astronomy BEROSSOS bēru 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 mulAPIN 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 Seleucid era sidereal solar eclipse solstice soul Sternkunde šú synodic months synodic periods theory Tishtrya tithis TRAIANUS Uruk velocity Venus visible ZARATHUSTRA Zervanism Zeus zodiacal signs
Popular passages
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