Rising Time Schemes in Babylonian Astronomy [electronic resource] / by John M. Steele.

Steele, John M.
Rising Time Schemes in Babylonian Astronomy
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9783319552217 978-3-319-55221-7
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/2523
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2017.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Fiziksel Niteleme
VIII, 109 p. 19 illus. online resource.
Dizi
SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology, 2211-4572
İçindekiler Notu
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Preliminaries -- Chapter 3. Calendar-Based Rising Time Schemes -- Chapter 4. Zodiac-Based Rising Time Schemes -- Chapter 5. Related Texts -- Chapter 6. Conclusions.
Özet, vb.
This revealing work examines an approach from ancient astronomy to what was then a particularly important question, namely that of understanding the relationship between the position in the ecliptic and the time it takes for a fixed-length of the ecliptic beginning at that point to rise above the eastern horizon. Schemes known as “rising time schemes” were used to give lengths of the celestial equator corresponding to each of the twelve zodiacal signs which make up the ecliptic. This book investigates the earliest known examples of these schemes which come from Babylonia and date to the mid to late first millennium BC. Making an important contribution to our knowledge of astronomy in the ancient world, this volume includes editions and translations of all of the known Babylonian rising time texts, including several texts that are identified for the first time. Through a close examination of the preserved texts it has been possible to reconstruct the complete Babylonian rising time scheme. This reconstruction is unprecedented in its completeness, and it is also now possible to situate the scheme within a genre of Babylonian astronomy known as schematic astronomy which presents theoretical descriptions of the astronomical phenomena. The unique discoveries and fresh explorations in this book will be of interest to historians of ancient astronomy, scholars of Babylonian history and those investigating the origins of scientific thought.
Konu
Science __ History.
Astronomy.
Mathematics.
History.
Europe __ History __ To 476.
Physics __ Philosophy.
History of Science.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
History of Ancient Europe.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.