Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Planetary Tables
Author:   Mathieu Ossendrijver
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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Pages:   574
Publication Date:   21 February 2026
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Author:   Mathieu Ossendrijver
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:  

9783032191878


ISBN 10:   3032191874
Pages:   574
Publication Date:   21 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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1 Planetary tables.- 2 Editions.- A Extended table for Jupiter system B.- B Photographs of the cuneiform tablets. Bibliography.- Index of tablets and fragments.- Concordance with ACT and other editions.

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Mathieu Ossendrijver is a historian of ancient science based at the Institute for the History of Knowledge in the Ancient World at Freie Universität Berlin. He is trained as an Assyriologist (PhD Univ. of Tübingen) and astrophysicist (PhD Univ. of Utrecht). His research focuses on Babylonian astral science (astronomy, astrology) and mathematics, institutional and other contextual aspects of Babylonian scholarship, and cross-cultural transformations of knowledge between Babylonia, Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.

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