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The Exact Sciences in Antiquity
Author:O. Neugebauer
Retail Price:$12.95
Availability:In Stock
Format:Book
Pages:240
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Dimensions:5 3/8 x 8 1/2
ISBN:0486223329
EAN:978-0-486-22332-2
UPC:8-00759-22332-9
One of the foremost workers in the area of premodern science presents the standard nontechnical coverage of Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics and astronomy and their transmission into the Hellenistic world, including the especially interesting, surprising sophistication of Babylonian mathematics. 52 figures.


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