Writing Science Before the Greeks: A Naturalistic Analysis of the Babylonian Astronomical Treatise Mul.Apin Hardcover - 2011
by Rita Watson; Wayne Horowitz
From the rear cover
The beginnings of written science have long been associated with classical Greece. Yet in ancient Mesopotamia, highly-sophisticated scientific works in cuneiform script were in active use while Greek civilization flourished in the West. The subject of this volume is the astronomical series MUL.APIN, which can be dated to the seventh century BCE and which represents the crowning achievement of traditional Mesopotamian observational astronomy. "Writing Science before the Greeks" explores this early text from the perspective of modern cognitive science in an effort to articulate the processes underlying its composition. The analysis suggests that writing itself, through the cumulative recording of observations, played a role in the evolution of scientific thought.
Details
- Title Writing Science Before the Greeks: A Naturalistic Analysis of the Babylonian Astronomical Treatise Mul.Apin
- Author Rita Watson; Wayne Horowitz
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 252
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill
- Date 2011-03
- ISBN 9789004202306 / 9004202307
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.7 x 6.5 x 0.7 in (24.64 x 16.51 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Akkadian language, Astronomy, Assyro-Babylonian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010051431
- Dewey Decimal Code 520.935
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Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 06/01/2011, Page 214