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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... RISING OF SIRIUS AND THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR Sirius as herald of the new year . Was there a scientific astronomy in the Egyptian Old Kingdom ? The Egyptian year . . . The Sothis period . . . The phases of stars in Hesiodos ' poem The ...
... RISING OF SIRIUS AND THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR Sirius as herald of the new year . Was there a scientific astronomy in the Egyptian Old Kingdom ? The Egyptian year . . . The Sothis period . . . The phases of stars in Hesiodos ' poem The ...
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... rising and setting of the moon Rising times of zodiacal signs . THE EVIDENCE FROM GEMINOS . . . The calculation of the moon's velocity THE CHALDAEANS AND THEIR ASTROLOGY Evidence referring to the Chaldaeans . SANSKRIT TEXTS . . The ...
... rising and setting of the moon Rising times of zodiacal signs . THE EVIDENCE FROM GEMINOS . . . The calculation of the moon's velocity THE CHALDAEANS AND THEIR ASTROLOGY Evidence referring to the Chaldaeans . SANSKRIT TEXTS . . The ...
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... rising and setting ' . The fixed stars are considered , as they were by the Greeks , to be located on a spherical surface called the stellar sphere . The sun , moon and planets are projected , from our eye , onto this sphere . For an ...
... rising and setting ' . The fixed stars are considered , as they were by the Greeks , to be located on a spherical surface called the stellar sphere . The sun , moon and planets are projected , from our eye , onto this sphere . For an ...
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... Rising or Morningfirst ( MF ) Morning Setting Evening Rising Evening Setting or Eveninglast ( EL ) . The planets The motion of the planets in the zodiacal belt is generally direct , but it is sometimes retrograde , i.e. to the right ...
... Rising or Morningfirst ( MF ) Morning Setting Evening Rising Evening Setting or Eveninglast ( EL ) . The planets The motion of the planets in the zodiacal belt is generally direct , but it is sometimes retrograde , i.e. to the right ...
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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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