Visual Aspects of the Transmission of Babylonian Astronomy and its Reception into Greek Astronomy J. M. STEELE
ANNALS OF SCIENCE, Vol. 68, No. 4, October 2011, 453465 Visual Aspects of the Transmission of Babylonian Astronomy and its Reception into Greek Astronomy J. M. STEELE Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Email: john_steele@brown.edu Summary Evidence for the transmission of Babylonian astronomy into the Greco-Roman world is well attested in the form of observations, numerical parameters and astronomical tables. This paper investigates the reception of Babylonian astronomy in the Greco-Roman world and in particular the transmission, transformation and exploitation of the layout of texts...
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