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Writing science before the Greeks : a naturalistic analysis of the Babylonian astronomical treatise MUL. APIN /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watson, Rita, 1949-
Otros Autores: Horowitz, Wayne, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Akkadian
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Colección:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 48.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.