Writing science before the Greeks: a naturalistic analysis of the Babylonian astronomical treatise MUL. APIN
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Main Author: Watson, Rita (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2011
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East v. 48
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter One MUL. APIN; Chapter Two Writing and Conceptual Change; Chapter Three Terms of Analysis; Chapter Four MUL. APIN: Text and Analysis; Chapter Five Summary of Results; Chapter Six Discussion: MUL. APIN, Writing, and Science; Chapter Seven Further Thoughts: The Cognitive Function of Writing in MUL. APIN; Chapter Eight A Final Word: From List to Axiom; Bibliography; Appendix One The Translated Text of MUL. APIN; Appendix Two The Babylonian Month-Names; Appendix Three Tablet and Line Correspondences with Hunger-Pingree
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 222 pages)
ISBN:9004202307
9004202315
9789004202306
9789004202313

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