BookChasing shadows : mathematics, astronomy, and the early history of ...
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Main title
- Chasing shadows : mathematics, astronomy, and the early history of eclipse reckoning / Clemency Montelle.
Published/Created
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
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Description
- xii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN
- 9780801896910
- 0801896916
LC classification
- QB175 .M65 2011
Contents
- Heavenly hide and seek: an introduction to eclipse reckoning in early times -- The rudiments of alignment: Basic eclipse theory -- An accountancy of appearances: Mesopotamian eclipse reckoning -- Beyond the appearances: Greek eclipse reckoning -- Recipient and remodeler: Indian eclipse reckoning -- A science of configuration: Arabic eclipse reckoning.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-391) and index.
Series
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics.
LCCN
- 2009943460
Other system no.
- (OCoLC)ocn710898756
Type of material
- Book
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- QB175 .M65 2011 CABIN BRANCH
- Copy 2
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