Science Awakening II

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Springer Science & Business Media, 1973 M12 31 - 347 pages
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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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The phases of stars in Hesiodos ' poem The significance of the phases of the stars for agriculture THE EGYPTIAN DECANS The diagonal calendars The position of the decans in the sky The rising of the decans in the night .
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This was also the position in Europe around 1600 , at the time of the great astronomers TYCHO BRAHE and KEPLER . It is true that the Islamic countries had excellent observers and outstanding theoretical astronomers .
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The oldest cuneiform texts giving the position of the planets in the zodiac date from the second half of the fifth century B.C. To just this period , and to Babylon too , belongs the oldest horoscope that has been preserved ? ) .
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We should further observe that in antiquity , the North Pole did not occupy the same position among the stars as it does to - day : it was 11 to 12 degrees away from its present position in the centre of the map .
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The position of a star relative to the ecliptic is denoted by the longitude 1 and the latitude ß of the star . The longitude is reckoned from the origin of the ecliptic leftwards ( that is , following the sequence of the signs of the ...

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TitleScience Awakening II
Volume 2 of Science awakening, Bartel Leendert Waerden
AuthorH. van der Waerden
Editionillustrated
PublisherSpringer Science & Business Media, 1973
ISBN9001931030, 9789001931032
Length347 pages
  
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