商品簡介
Offers a comprehensive account of the origins of astronomy and astrology in the Ancient Near East. Presents Sumerian and Akkadian texts dealing with descriptive or mathematical astronomy, describing astronomical contents, their scientific meaning, and the place a given genre or tablet has in the development of astronomy both within Mesopotamian culture and outside of it. Celestial omens are also discussed extensively. Hunger teaches Assyriology at the Institut fnr Orientalistik of the University of Vienna. Pingree teaches history of mathematics at Brown University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Hermann Hunger, Ph.D., is Professor of Assyriology at the Institute fur Orientalistik of the University of Vienna.
